Ovarian most cancers campaigner Leane Flynn has died from the illness after an “incredibly tough” six-year battle.
The beloved mum-of-three’s household introduced the unhappy news in an Instagram submit on Wednesday night time.
“It’s with a heavy heart that we have to share our beautiful Leane passed away yesterday surrounded by [husband] Justin and the girls,” the caption learn.
“There are no words to express the loss and emotions we are feeling. Leane was a loving mother, wife, friend and ambassador for the OCRF (Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation). “She fought an incredibly tough battle all the way to the end and she did it with pure resilience and positivity the whole way.
“Even through her hardest times she always continued to share her story and raise awareness for ovarian cancer.”
Flynn’s household added they’d proceed to submit to her social media account “on behalf of her so we can keep spreading awareness so no one else has to go through what she went through”.
“We would like to say Thankyou to everyone for the years of love and support. Your positive messages and comments always brightened her day and we are very grateful for that,” they continued.
“We will miss our Leane everyday and she’s everywhere with us.”
Flynn was identified with the insidious illness – of which greater than 1000 Australian ladies die from annually – in April 2017, when a Coke can-sized tumour was found on her ovaries. A banana-sized tumour was additionally discovered on her liver.
The 55-year-old – who has been the ambassador for the Witchery White Shirt marketing campaign for the previous 5 years, in addition to an envoy for the OCRF – had a recurrence in 2018.
“It felt like Groundhog Day. My doctor called and said, ‘I wish I had good news for you, but they’ve found something there’,” she instructed Marie Claire of her most cancers’s return.
“I thought, ‘Why can’t I just be cured?’ I’m a good person. I’m prepared to spend every waking moment devoting my life to ovarian cancer, but I don’t want to die for the cause; I don’t want to be a martyr.”
Last January, after three months in hospital, Flynn was instructed she had every week to dwell.
Speaking to 7News in May this 12 months, she stated that “at this stage, [doctors] are telling me I’m terminal, and it’s incurable, and I will only last as long as the treatments last”.
“Everything I’m doing now is about buying time … it’s never in the hope of curing it or even [going into] remission,” Flynn stated.
“I’ve done every available chemo twice. I’m thinking, ‘What are my options now?’
“All we can look at is, ‘OK, maybe I can get an extra month if I do this, or an extra month if we add something or change the routine’. It’s literally coming down to adding months to my life, which is horrible.”
Source: www.news.com.au
