{"id":133707,"date":"2023-11-15T13:49:55","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T13:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/?p=133707"},"modified":"2023-11-15T13:49:55","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T13:49:55","slug":"mother-38-announces-her-own-death-from-ovarian-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/lifestyle\/mother-38-announces-her-own-death-from-ovarian-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"Mother, 38, announces her own death from ovarian cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Mother, 38, announces her own death from ovarian cancer in heartbreaking pre-written Instagram post describing her &#8216;magical&#8217; final months<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Casey McIntyre, 38, from New York, passed away from stage\u00a0four ovarian cancer<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Her death was announced on social media in a post that she had written\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0Young woman, 30, diagnosed with terminal cancer after feeling &#8216;bloated and tired&#8217; reveals how she will spend her final days\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A mother has announced her own death in a heartbreaking social media post written during her final days to assure her friends she knew how &#8216;deeply&#8217; she was loved.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mother-of-one, Casey McIntyre, 38, from New York, passed away from stage four ovarian cancer\u00a0on 12 November.<\/p>\n<p>Casey&#8217;s death was announced on Instagram via a post that she had penned before she passed away, which was then shared by her husband Andrew, alongside a carousel of images of his wife throughout her life &#8211; as a child, at their wedding, and with their daughter.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;A note to my friends: if you\u2019re reading this it means I have passed away. I&#8217;m so sorry, it&#8217;s horses*** and we both know it,&#8217; the statement began. &#8216;The cause was a recurrence of my previously diagnosed stage four ovarian cancer.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/15\/12\/77825271-12751881-To_celebrate_her_life_the_mother_of_one_planned_a_touching_tribu-a-15_1700051207669.jpg\" height=\"635\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>To &#8216;celebrate&#8217; her life, the mother-of-one planned a touching tribute to pay off people&#8217;s medical bills. Pictured: Casey with her husband Andrew and their daughter Grace<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/15\/12\/77825275-12751881-Casey_McIntyre_pictured_tragically_passed_away_on_12_November_fr-a-18_1700051207989.jpg\" height=\"637\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Casey McIntyre (pictured) tragically passed away on 12 November from stage four ovarian cancer\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I loved each and every one of you with my whole heart and I promise you, I knew how deeply I was loved.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Prior to her passing, Casey, who worked in publishing, spent five months in home hospice in\u00a0Virginia, Rhode Island, and New York, surrounded by her family and friends &#8211; a time she described as &#8216;magical&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tragically, Casey did not have the opportunity to complete her post before she died, with her husband Andrew adding an &#8216;editor&#8217;s note&#8217; in which he paid tribute to his wife and shared his &#8216;heartbreak&#8217; that she did not get the opportunity to finish her final goodbye.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Casey meant to finish this post with a list of things that were a comfort &amp; a joy to her during her life, and I am heartbroken that I will never see that list,&#8217; he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;As she grew sicker, she couldn\u2019t finish it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I imagine it would\u2019ve included our daughter Grace, whales, ice cream, her beloved friends, being at the beach, her niece and nephews she incorrigibly doted on, reading 10 books on a weeklong vacation, her beloved parents and sister and their amazing extended family, swimming, a perfect roast beef sandwich, and me, her sweet, sweet honey.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8216;Oh Casey! I don&#8217;t know how we will do it without you but we will.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/15\/12\/77827149-12751881-Casey_described_her_final_months_as_magical_in_heartbreaking_fin-a-16_1700051207961.jpg\" height=\"653\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Casey described her final months as &#8216;magical&#8217; in heartbreaking final post written before her death, which was shared by her husband\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Andrew then asked for Casey&#8217;s loved ones to share &#8216;a note that was a comfort or joy that you shared&#8217; with her, before sharing details about her memorial service, before revealing that his wife had come up with a plan to &#8216;celebrate&#8217; her life by setting up a fundraiser for money to pay off others&#8217; medical debt.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We will celebrate her life by anonymously purchasing medical debt and then anonymously forgiving it, hopefully with a bonfire if they will let us,&#8217; he wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;If attending [her memorial service], please wear something that expresses your deep sorrow at our loss, as well as something that expresses the joy you feel for having ever known Casey.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Taking to\u00a0X, previously called Twitter, Casey shared further details about the initiative, writing:\u00a0<span>&#8216;To celebrate my life, I&#8217;ve arranged to buy up others&#8217; medical debt and then destroy the debt.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I am so lucky to have had access to the best medical care at @MSKCancerCenter and am keenly aware that so many in our country don&#8217;t have access to good care.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Titled: &#8216;Casey McIntyre&#8217;s Memorial and Debt Jubilee&#8217;, each donation on has been made anonymously, per Casey\u2019s request.<\/p>\n<p>With a target of $20,000, Casey&#8217;s goals for the fundraiser have been exceeded in less than a week, with the current total standing at $20,908.50, sparking a new goal of $30,000.<\/p>\n<p>Casey&#8217;s sweet sentiment was welcomed support on social media, with the tribute touching many.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/15\/11\/77825267-12751881-image-m-52_1700046621782.jpg\" height=\"1147\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Casey maintained a positive outlook while battling the disease, and even ran a cancer-inspired fashion account\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/15\/12\/77825343-12751881-image-a-17_1700051207963.jpg\" height=\"169\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/15\/11\/77825345-12751881-image-a-3_1700048760167.jpg\" height=\"77\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/15\/11\/77825351-12751881-image-a-46_1700046318539.jpg\" height=\"78\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/15\/11\/77825353-12751881-image-a-47_1700046320427.jpg\" height=\"75\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/15\/11\/77825355-12751881-Social_media_users_took_to_the_comment_section_to_share_their_th-a-4_1700048760168.jpg\" height=\"71\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Social media users took to the comment section to share their thoughts on Casey&#8217;s heartwarming fundraiser\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>WHY OVARIAN CANCER IS CALLED A &#8216;SILENT KILLER&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p>About 80 percent of ovarian cancer cases are diagnosed in the advanced stages of the disease.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of diagnosis, 60 percent of ovarian cancers will have already spread to other parts of the body, bringing the five-year survival rate down to 30 percent from 90 percent in the earliest stage. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s diagnosed so late because of its location in the pelvis, according to Dr Ronny Drapkin, an associate professor at the University of Pennsylvania, who&#8217;s been studying the disease for more than two decades.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The pelvis is like a bowl, so a tumor there can grow quite large before it actually becomes noticeable,&#8217; Dr Drapkin told MailOnline.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/newpix\/2018\/04\/12\/15\/4B0624DB00000578-0-image-a-2_1523544938298.jpg\" height=\"284\" width=\"284\"><\/p>\n<p>The first symptoms to arise with ovarian cancer are gastrointestinal because tumors can start to press upward.<\/p>\n<p>When a patient complains of gastrointestinal discomfort, doctors are more likely to focus on diet change and other causes than suggest an ovarian cancer screening.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Drapkin said it\u2019s usually not until after a patient endures persistent gastrointestinal symptoms that they will receive a screening that reveals the cancer.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Ovarian cancer is often said to be a silent killer because it doesn\u2019t have early symptoms, when in fact it does have symptoms, they\u2019re just very general and could be caused by other things,\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018One of the things I tell women is that nobody knows your body as well as you do. If you feel something isn\u2019t right, something\u2019s probably not right.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>One said: &#8216;What a beautiful and strong last gift to grant to someone. Rest in peace Casey.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Another wrote: &#8216;I can&#8217;t breathe around the lump in my throat. What a legacy. This will be a change in my will when I update it.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>A third said: &#8216;I did not know you, Casey but your very generous gift to buy up others\u2019 medical debt as a memorial moved me.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;You won\u2019t get to see the impact of your legacy, but your family will, &amp; so will the families of all the people you help. I didn\u2019t know you, but wish I did! Fly high.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A fourth added: &#8216;This is perfect and an amazing idea and a tribute to a beautiful fierce warrior.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Another said: &#8216;This is so beautiful. Sending so much love to the family. 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