Demi Jones of Love Island has released a health update following her cancer struggle, stating that she has been ‘bed confined’ and a ‘hermit’ at home while healing.
The TV star, 24, disclosed her tragic thyroid cancer diagnosis in 2021, subsequently enduring two operations to remove a tumour from her neck.
Thyroid cancer is a rare kind of cancer that affects the thyroid gland, a tiny gland located at the base of the neck that produces hormones.
Demi has now been given the all-clear, but she claims her immune system has been ‘compromised’ as a result of her cancer treatment.
‘I’m seriously so ill rn,’ she wrote on her Instagram story. I haven’t gotten any better in a week. I also have conjunctivitis, so I can’t video or publish much.
‘Till further notice, I’m basically a recluse in bed. My immune system has definitely been weakened by cancer; can any thyroid patients relate?’
Demi announced last year that her life will “never be the same” as she learnt to deal with the affects of illness.
‘The people I’ve spoken to with cancer, we always say there’s life before cancer and there’s life after cancer, and its never the same,’ she told The Mirror.
‘You have to differentiate your life in two sections, so I’m learning to live with it and I’m learning to live with side effects and everything. But everything is going brilliant.’
After her diagnosis, the reality star revealed to OK! She no longer worries about the “small things” in life, especially since her father was diagnosed with terminal cancer in 2008.
‘I’m still dealing with my dad at home, who is terminally ill, I’ve overcome cancer and I think life is so short. Enjoy yourself, do what you want to do, spend the money when you want to spend it, and just have fun,’ she shared.
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