A much-loved radio presenter died in her own bed, surrounded by her family "exactly how she wanted to." Cassie James passed away on Sunday after a long fight with cancer.
Now her family has paid tribute to the "amazing" and "selfless" woman. Speaking to the Liverpool Echo her daughter, Stacey Wright, said: "She didn't lose her battle with cancer because she never stopped fighting till the end."
Stacey, 33, who works as a designer for H&M added: "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."
Cassie from Southport was given the heartbreaking diagnosis that she had just six months to live last July. The mum-of-two was told her chemotherapy would be stopped following leg surgery in May 2022. She died on Sunday, January 8.
Stacey said: "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.
"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."
Cassie, 61, was first diagnosed with bilateral breast cancer in August 2016 before medics found a lesion in her brain which they believe 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.
She underwent further surgery to remove 10 lymph nodes which 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.
