Demi Jones puts on brave face as she enjoys night out days after revealing thyroid cancer diagnosis

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    Demi Jones headed for a night out with friends in London on Sunday, three days after revealing she is battling thyroid cancer.

    The Love Island star, 22, put on a brave face as she slipped into a gorgeous white cut-out mini-dress.

    Teaming her show-stopping frock with wraparound orange heels, Demi’s glossy hair cascaded in loose curls down her back.

    Brave: Demi Jones, 22, headed for a night out with friends in London on Sunday, three days after revealing she is battling thyroid cancer

    Brave: Demi Jones, 22, headed for a night out with friends in London on Sunday, three days after revealing she is battling thyroid cancer

    The TV personality accessorised with show-stopping gold hoop earrings.

    Demi toted her belongings under her right arm in a chic nude-hued handbag.

    She opted for a full face of glam as she made the most of the last day of the weekend.

    The Love Island star told her followers the news of her cancer diagnosis in an Instagram post on Thursday as she vowed to ‘stay strong’ and ‘bounce back stronger’ after the devastating diagnosis.

    Gorgeous: Demi put on a brave face as she slipped into a gorgeous white mini dress for her night on the town

    Gorgeous: Demi put on a brave face as she slipped into a gorgeous white mini dress for her night on the town

    Demi has been keeping fans in the loop since having surgery to remove the golf ball sized lump in her thyroid last month.

    Alongside a picture of a leaflet on understanding thyroid cancer, she penned: ‘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.’

    Demi vowed to ‘stay positive’ in the wake of the diagnosis as she told fans she is a ‘strong girl’.

    Beautiful: Demi opted for a full face of glam as she made the most of the last day of the weekend

    Standing tall: Demi wowed in heels

    Beautiful: Demi opted for a full face of glam as she made the most of the last day of the weekend

    She continued: ‘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.’

    Demi previously revealed that she had to push to get her lump operated on after an initial scan told her everything was ‘fine’.

    However, her father previously battled cancer as a result of a misdiagnosed lump, which urged her to ask for more tests to be done.

    All in the detail: Brave Demi accessorised with show-stopping gold hoop earrings and was sporting a fresh white pedicure

    Tight-free: Demi went bare-legged as she stepped out

    All in the detail: Brave Demi accessorised with show-stopping gold hoop earrings and was sporting a fresh white pedicure 

    Demi told The Sun last week: ‘When I went back for my scan and they scanned me, they said it all looks good. But unfortunately my dad’s got cancer and that came through a lump that was misdiagnosed. So I knew to push.

    ‘I asked if there was anymore they could do, any other scanning and they were like “we could drain some fluid for you and see what that comes back like.”‘

    Demi first noticed the lump in January 2019 but put off getting it checked as she was in her final year of university.

    Tough: The Love Island star told her followers the news of her cancer diagnosis in an Instagram post on Thursday as she vowed to'stay strong' and'bounce back stronger' after the diagnosis

    Tough: The Love Island star told her followers the news of her cancer diagnosis in an Instagram post on Thursday as she vowed to ‘stay strong’ and ‘bounce back stronger’ after the diagnosis

    The following year she entered Love Island and told Metro that it ‘all happened so quickly’ but she noticed the lump had grown bigger over the past year.

    She had an initial scan days before entering the Love Island villa in January 2020 which gave her the all-clear, but pushed for another check this year after noticing the lump had grown.

    After revealing her cancer diagnosis, Demi received an outpouring of support from her friends and family, including Love Island co-star Shaughna Phillips.

    Devastating: Demi previously revealed that she had to push to get her lump operated on after an initial scan told her everything was'fine'

    Devastating: Demi previously revealed that she had to push to get her lump operated on after an initial scan told her everything was ‘fine’

    Famous face: Demi found fame in January 2020 when she entered the Love Island villa as a bombshell, initially embarking on a romance with Nas Majeed

    Famous face: Demi found fame in January 2020 when she entered the Love Island villa as a bombshell, initially embarking on a romance with Nas Majeed

    Alongside a clip of the pair in the villa, in which she signalled to Demi to keep her cool during a tense recoupling, Shaughna penned: ‘My sweet, gentle, beautiful girl, the same message I was giving you in the video applies today more than ever. Game face on my girl, you’ve got this.

    ‘I love you soooo much! And I am SO lucky to have you in my life @demijones1’

    Demi replied: ‘I’m literally crying. I love you so much, so grateful to have you in my life’, adding on her story, ‘I’m surrounded with so much love it hurts’.

    Update: Alongside a picture of a leaflet on understanding thyroid cancer, she revealed:'the tumour has been removed but I’m now due to have more surgery'

    Update: Alongside a picture of a leaflet on understanding thyroid cancer, she revealed: ‘the tumour has been removed but I’m now due to have more surgery’

    Last month, Demi told fans doctors feared the lump in her neck could be cancerous and she would be undergoing surgery to remove it.

    After the revelation she thanked fans and said she was ‘overwhelmed with support’ and said she had received ‘thousands of kind messages’.

    She penned: ‘I’m so overwhelmed with support. I had thousands of kind messages yesterday.’

    Signing off her post on a happy note, Demi added: ‘I feel positive today. Thank you.’

    A day earlier, Demi emotionally shared the news with her followers on her Instagram Stories after receiving some test results.

    Loved: After revealing her cancer diagnosis, Demi received an outpouring of support from her friends and family, including Love Island co-star Shaughna Phillips

    Loved: After revealing her cancer diagnosis, Demi received an outpouring of support from her friends and family, including Love Island co-star Shaughna Phillips

    Demi wiped away tears as she revealed she would have the lump removed in the next few weeks so that medics could determine whether it is cancerous.

    Sat in her car after receiving the results, Demi told fans: ‘I went to get my results today for my lump. And they think it could be cancerous so I have to have it operated on and removed in the next couple of weeks.

    WHAT IS THYROID CANCER?

    Thyroid cancer is a rare type of cancer that affects the thyroid gland, a small gland at the base of the neck that produces hormones.

    Women are two to three times more likely to develop it than men.

    Symptoms of thyroid cancer can include:

    • a painless lump or swelling in the front of the neck 
    • swollen glands in the neck
    • unexplained hoarseness that doesn’t get better after a few weeks
    • a sore throat that doesn’t get better
    • difficulty swallowing

    Around 9 in every 10 people are alive five years after diagnosis. Many of these are cured and will have a normal lifespan.

    Source: NHS Choices

    ‘Nothing is for certain but I’m really worried. I’m sure it’ll be fine. It’s a shock because you don’t think, I was sat there in this waiting room and it was full of old people and I was the only young one there. I thought I’m so young for god’s sake.     

    ‘I know loads of women go through this,I’ll be fine. It might not even be cancer but they’ve got to cut it out to find out. I’m shocked at the moment.

    ‘I’ll be ok, when I get it removed it’ll be fine.’

    Demi then shared a post which encouraged her followers to get any lumps checked if they are worried.

    She wrote: ‘Please don’t put off getting lumps checked, if appointments keep getting cancelled then you need to chase it up. I was supposed to have this appointment six months ago.

    ‘At my scan they said ‘everything looks fine’ and went to send me on my way. I challenged it and asked if they could do more, in which they said ‘oh well we can test the fluid if you want us to?’

    ‘Thank god I asked as it was the fluid that can be potentially cancerous. Always push!’

     

     

     

     

     

    ‘When I came round I read through all my messages, honestly it made me cry because so many people had messaged, saying if it wasn’t for me they wouldn’t have made their doctor’s appointment. I was so emotional.

    ‘I had so many young girls approaching me saying they’ve found lumps and they don’t know what to do and I’ve even had fellow celebrities reach out to me and say they’ve found lumps and they’re nervous.

    ‘I really hope its raised awareness for people to check their lumps regardless of their age and push for appointments because unfortunately you have to do that due to the pandemic and NHS being under pressure.’

    If you have any questions or concerns about cancer, the Macmillan Support Line is open every day from 8am-8pm on 0808 808 00 00.

    Further information and support is available online at macmillan.org.uk including peer-to-peer support on the Online Community.

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