Jeremy Finlayson’s wife Kellie gave a candid insight into her battle with cancer, describing the side effects of her medication.
The 28-year-old AFL WAG was diagnosed with colon and lung cancer in November 2021, following the birth of her daughter Sophia. She recently announced that the cancer was growing again.
Kellie confirmed on Wednesday that she had resumed chemotherapy treatment after a short break, sharing a photo of herself taking the tablets.
She indicated that by the second day of taking it she had “stopped” using gloves when handling the medications and explained why she needed gloves in the first place.
“Day two and I’ve already stopped using gloves lol…ie I wash my hands before I touch anything,” she shared.
“If you know how poisonous these things are, you know why gloves are recommended.”
Capecitabine is a type of chemotherapy that stops cells from making and repairing DNA. It is therefore advisable to wear gloves when handling capecitabine to prevent the chemotherapy from being absorbed through the skin.
Kellie was diagnosed with cancer in November 2021 at the age of 25 and underwent several surgeries and chemotherapy after her original stage three diagnosis progressed to stage four.
Jeremy Finlayson’s wife Kellie has given an insight into her battle with cancer, detailing the side effects of her medication in a candid post
On Instagram on Wednesday, she revealed that she had “stopped” using gloves to handle the medication on the second day of taking it and explained why they are necessary
In January of this year, Kellie began another six months of chemotherapy, then stopped for a while so she could explore all possible options before starting treatment again.
“Cancer, especially recurrent cancer, unfortunately grows very quickly. If we don’t see a millimeter of growth on a scan after a few months, we know it’s growing and we need to take action,” she said in a video she posted to TikTok last month.
“Normally I walk out of a meeting with my oncologist and he tells me we’d like to watch and wait. That’s not the case today.
‘Next week I will be seeing a surgeon and a radiation therapist to discuss all options before I possibly start chemotherapy again.
“I think I’m one of the lucky ones because we know chemotherapy works really well for me, but chemotherapy is f*cking bad anyway and not what I want to do.”
Kellie says her treatments have slowed the spread of her cancer, but it has meant she missed her first year as a mother to Sophia, and now faces the prospect of never having children again.
“I went into early menopause. Whether I’ll ever come back from that, I don’t know,” she said in March of last year.
The 28-year-old AFL WAG, who is married to Jeremy, was diagnosed with bowel and lung cancer in 2021 after the birth of her daughter Sophia, and recently revealed the cancer is growing again
“That was honestly my biggest struggle, knowing that I might not have any siblings for Sophia, which is so hard. We always planned on having a big family.
“It’s just something I’ve always wanted. It was the hardest pill to swallow of all the pills I’ve taken in the last 18 months.”
Her husband, Port Adelaide star Jeremy, recently admitted that the turmoil of recent years had taken its toll and affected his football career.
“I tried to keep a brave face despite everything,” he said.
“When I see how strong Kellie is, and how she tries to be her rock and how she manages to put a smile on her face on the football field for her and Soph.”
Kellie hopes she can keep the disease under control with treatments for many years to come and she wants to make the most of her time with her daughter Sophia.
‘As long as [the cancer] “If I’m being maintained, I feel like I have the potential to have a very long life. I can see Sophia’s 21st birthday!” she told News Corp.
“I hope to see her first day of school. That’s years away, but it’s taking longer than I expected when I first heard the diagnosis.”