Brown revealed in June that she had been diagnosed for a second time. She expressed her disbelief but planned for perseverance at the time, tweeting, "My doctor just called me and I have Cancer again. Didn't think ovarian cancer could come back… I know I will be fine I beat Cancer once and I'm going do it again!
It was the same sentiment Brown conveyed after getting her third diagnosis this year. She had gone through rounds of chemo and found herself cancer-free in February Don't take it for granted. Be thankful… Count your blessings. Don't sweat the small stuff. And send love to those who need it. She was up there having her dance-off. It could not have been more fitting. It was like, "Yep. She did that. However, the sad news of her passing was reported on Friday by People. Ryan Knight: 'My heart hurts to hear that a dear friend and the sweetest most beautiful person inside and out has passed.
My prayers go out to her family and loved ones. Enjoy the view from up there. You are missed. Katie Cooley: 'My heart is broken. DiemBrownMTV was such a beautiful person inside and out. Her strength and determination is to be admired by many. Devyn Simone: 'Speechless. Can't believe such a kind angel was taken so soon. I believe in a heaven and I have no doubt she was received lovingly on the other end. We send our deepest condolences to her family and friends. Diem was a true fighter and brought passion to everything she touched.
We will miss her. Her former co-stars have also been posting their condolences online. Diem fought cancer on-and-off for nearly a decade, and after learning it had spread last month, told People the news 'crushed a little bit of my spirit', but maintained focused on her future 'because I believe I'm going to make it'. She was first diagnosed with ovarian cancer when she was She went into remission but the disease returned in The MADE star lost both ovaries but not before doctors were able to freeze some of her eggs to allow her to have a biological child in the future.
She went into remission for a second time in following several months of treatment. But this summer she suffered another devastating blow after learning the cancer had returned, this time to her colon and stomach. Doctors had to perform an emergency hysterectomy in August, dashing her hopes of carrying a child. Diem maintained a fiercely positive outlook still, saying she would turn to surrogacy when the time came to start a family.
But the following month, prior to undergoing kidney surgery on October 13 to relieve excruciating pain, doctors told her that the stomach and colon cancer they had found in August had spread to her liver and lymph nodes. Fighting spirit: Diem was tweeting right up until Tuesday, asking people for prayers and support and referring to her friend Alicia Quarles, an E! News correspondent. Heartbreaking: Even though doctors had told her they couldn't save her, Diem was still not willing to give in.
I was blown away. It really crushed a little bit of my spirit,' she told People magazine at the time. Following her surgery, the MedGift founder suffered from the side effects from her latest round of chemotherapy and then had to undergo a blood transfusion on October Throughout her almost decade-long cancer battle, Diem Brown's biggest wish was to have children.
In , when her ovarian cancer returned for a second time, the reality star had her eggs frozen before having her one remaining ovary removed. At the time she said: 'For my own sanity I just want to have something normal before going through this cancer journey once again. For me something normal is having my eggs in a freezer somewhere or knowing in my heart I have exhausted every fertility preservation option possible.
Sadly, Diem's cancer returned this summer in her liver and stomach. An emergency hysterectomy followed, dashing her chances of carrying a child herself.
But even up until last month, Diem revealed she still longed for a family and would find a way to make it work: surrogacy. She told People in a September interview: 'I fought for it so much, and I wasn't allowed to have it, I'm not pitying myself, but there's a mind-set that you can do anything, and that's what I'd always believed. Only last month, when she learnt the colon and stomach cancer had spread to her liver and lymph nodes, the idea of attaining the America 'white-picket fence family dream' kept her going.
She said: 'I'm going to have a family and get married and the whole American, two and a half kids, white-picket fence dream. I was just a zombie. I kept getting worse, and I felt like it would never end. So, in midst of having to make a lot of decisions regarding cancer, they also have to come to us and be proactive about preserving their fertility.
Fino says it can be overwhelming for young women to have to plan chemo and fertility treatments simultaneously. The overwhelming emotional, physical, social and spiritual impact of receiving a cancer diagnosis at this pivotal time in life can cause some people to want to give up. Others, like Diem Brown, choose to move through the traumatic journey by reaching out for support and getting active about finding solutions. Some of these young people have become strong forces of cancer advocacy, using social media as a tool for raising awareness and education.
Speaking out about their disease and treatment on social media, and building supportive communities is a way to make meaning out of a devastating diagnosis.
That's something you can do from a hospital room. It's empowering and liberating to realize that you're not just a cancer patient but you're so much more than that," leukemia survivor and New York Times "Well" blogger Suleika Jaouad says.
Brown shared her cancer journey in real time with , Twitter followers, nearly , Instagram followers, and through her blog for People. One of her final tweets shows her will to live and her willingness to reach out for support. When Brown died just three days later, the young adult cancer survivor community took a hard hit. In order to make it through the painful treatments, isolation, anxiety, and fear of relapse, many young adults choose to devote their precious time to 'something bigger than themselves.
Brown founded the non-profit MedGift , a website that allows people to donate money to support others who are going through health-related hardships.
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