An Australian influencer has shared a powerful last video posthumously after dying of cancer aged just 24.
TikTok content creator Bella Bradford, known for sharing her ‘Get Ready With Me’ fashion videos, has announced her own death on the social media platform.
Bradford used her TikTok account to post fashion content as well as raise awareness for jaw cancer, a disease she was diagnosed with three years ago and which was sadly found to be terminal.
Bella pre-recorded the video from Sydney, sharing the news of her death. She also thanked her followers for their support during the final stages of her life.
Writing in the caption accompanying the video, Bella said: "Thank you for all your love and support throughout my final stages of life, I am so grateful. Filming these videos truly brought me a sense of purpose in my final few months and also connected me with a very kind community of people."
She added: "I wish you all a beautiful life and please remember to live each day with as much significance as the next. What a privilege it is to grow old. Thank you for allowing me to be myself on this platform, I really felt excited each day to jump on here and connect over our shared love of life and fashion."
In her final post, Bella told viewers: "I'm really sad for you guys in this video, but as we all know I have terminal cancer and unfortunately my life by now has come to an end and I passed away, but I wanted to film one final 'get ready with me' as I love filming these and I love fashion."
She also shared her hopes that viewers would look back on her previous videos and find a little joy from them.
As well as sharing her love of clothes online, Bella spoke openly about her jaw cancer and shared the symptoms she experienced ahead of diagnosis in order to raise awareness.
She also posted videos about how the cancer had impacted her outlook on life.
In the UK, around 12,759 cases of head and neck cancers are diagnosed each year according to Cancer Research UK.
Symptoms can include:
* A lump in the neck, face or mouth that doesn't disappear
* Voice changes
* Pain and/or swelling
* Changes to your sense of smell
* Nosebleeds
* A non-stop earache, often on one side
In a skincare routine video, Bella said her initial symptoms led her to believe she was experiencing pain from her wisdom teeth.
"My symptoms were pain in my mouth and because my tumour is in my jaw muscle, I thought it was my wisdom teeth and I hadn't had them removed yet, and there was kind of swelling in my mouth."
"They thought I had an infection from the original wisdom teeth surgery," she continued. "So, I went under again into another surgery, to 'clean out' the infection, and my surgeon found a white mass. He biopsied it ... A week later, I'm flying to Adelaide from Sydney for Christmas, it was 20 December 2021, I had my bags packed and I go to this appointment on my own and basically, sits me down and is like, 'You have this rare form of cancer and we don't know where it is in your body, you need to cancel your Christmas plans and stay in Sydney'."
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