The daughter of a much-loved radio presenter paid tribute to her mum after she died "exactly how she wanted to" less than a week ago.
Cassie James from Southport was given just six months to live in July last year after enduring a long battle with cancer. The mum-of-two was given the devastating news that her chemotherapy would be stopped following leg surgery in May 2022.
Now, Stacey Wright, Cassie's daughter has paid tribute to her mum who died on Sunday, January 8, with her two children next to her. She told the ECHO: "She was amazing, she was full of life and she would do anything to help anyone. She was in so much need of help herself but she would do anything for anyone.
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"She did so much for the community and she was such a strong woman. She just helped everyone she could and was so giving and selfless. She brought us up with so much respect."
The 61-year-old was first diagnosed with bilateral breast cancer in August 2016 before medics found a lesion in her brain which they think was a result of the breast cancer. Halfway through her breast cancer treatment she was also told she had melanoma on the sole of her foot.
Following Stereotactic Radiotherapy Surgery to the lesion in her brain, she underwent a gruelling seven rounds of chemotherapy. Cassie had to have bilateral lumpectomies and lymph nodes removed from both armpits and she also had to have a complete hysterectomy.
The melanoma on her foot was removed shortly after going through chemotherapy for her breast cancer, leaving her on crutches for over four months while she then underwent radiation therapy as part of her continued breast cancer treatment. A year after she had the foot melanoma removed she was told that she had melanoma in her groin.
Cassie underwent a groin dissection to have 10 lymph nodes removed. This left her with acute pain from lymphedema. Despite her pain and her challenges, Cassie continued to work as a volunteer radio presenter for Southport's community radio station, Mighty Radio.
The 33-year-old designer for H&M added: "She didn't lose her battle with cancer because she never stopped fighting till the end. She passed away at home and she was with myself and Jonathan in her own bed and that's exactly how she wanted it.
"We were with her in the end. She wasn't in pain."
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