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Love Island’s Demi Jones slams troll who LAUGHED at her cancer diagnosis calling it ‘unacceptable’
LOVE Island’s brave Demi Jones has hit out after a troll LAUGHED at her heartbreaking cancer diagnosis.
The 22-year-old star was shocked to find someone had written a message to her saying: “Hahaha you got cancer.”
Demi Jones, seen here in London this month, is battling thyroid cancer[/caption]
She posted the message on Instagram writing: “I never respond to trolls but unfortunately this kind of thing is unacceptable.
“Please don’t be that person. Thank you for all the other kindness.”
Demi, a much-loved character in the 2020 series, revealed her diagnosis last week telling fans: “Hi guys, I got my results today and unfortunately I have thyroid cancer.
“The tumour has been removed but I’m now due to have more surgery to remove the rest of my thyroid.
The star, seen here in hospital, revealed the terrible news earlier this month[/caption]
She slammed a troll on Instagram last night calling the post ‘unacceptable’[/caption]
“I’m staying very positive and I’m a strong girl so I’ll be fine. Thank you for your love and support always. I’ll bounce back stronger.”
She has been living life to the full since the terrible news, heading on nights out in London and her hometown of Portsmouth.
But she has been persistently attacked by trolls, revealing on Good Morning Britain this week that she was even accused of faking the illness entirely.
Thyroid cancer develops in your thyroid gland, which is located in your neck, and is usually noticed when a lump forms there.
Demi in London with her Love Island co-stars Eve and Jess Gale this week[/caption]
The Love Island star appeared on GMB on Tuesday talking about her diagnosis[/caption]
Symptoms of thyroid cancer
The symptoms of thyroid cancer include:
- If you notice a painless lump or swollen glands in your neck
- Difficulty swallowing food and drink
- A sore throat that doesn’t go away after a number of weeks
The cells within the thyroid grow too quickly and create a lump.
Demi first noticed the lump back in 2019, but it was only after her stint on the ITV dating show that she decided to get it checked.
She has since urged fans to make sure that they’re doing all they can to catch the disease during the early stages.
After an appointment with the doctors at the beginning of April Demi broke down in tears when they told her it could be something serious.
Demi shot to fame on the 2020 version of Love Island filmed in South Africa[/caption]
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Three weeks later she had the “potentially cancerous” lump removed from her neck and has been waiting on her results.
And now doctors have confirmed what she was dreading to hear.
There are many ways to treat the disease including surgery to remove the thyroid, radioactive iodine treatment, external radiotherapy and chemotherapy.
