Overview

• The August 26 Two Ts in a Pod episode brought the former Bachelorette and the RHOBH alum together to discuss their stage 4 diagnoses.
• Thurston said a daily hormone-blocking regimen has already shrunk tumors in her liver and breast, with her next scan set for October.
• She described medically induced menopause and side effects including memory lapses, vision changes, hair thinning and fatigue, and she said sex with husband Jeff Arcuri has become difficult.
• Thurston noted she was initially told she had stage 3, HER2-positive disease before doctors revised it to stage 4 and not HER2-positive.
• Mellencamp, who has melanoma that spread to her brain and lungs, said her feelings about sex vary during treatment and joined Thurston in stressing a renewed focus on being alive over appearance.