‘Love Island’ star Samie Elishi's thyroid lump removal surgery has been postponed.
Samie Elishi details her tumour surgery delay ordeal
The 23-year-old reality star first shared the news of her cancer scare back in April, when she found a lump on her neck, but has revealed that the planned operation to remove the lump and biopsy it had to be postponed after she fell ill on a cruise.
Speaking in a YouTube video, she explained: "I didn't realise how bad tonsillitis could be but I was on an IV drip on the cruise to try and get food and water in me because I couldn't eat or drink.
"Then as soon as I landed I was meant to go to the Beyoncé concert with PrettyLittleThing which I'm absolutely gutted I couldn't make but I had to land and go straight to the hospital.
"Me and my mum went straight to the hospital and got checked out because the antibiotics I got given on the cruise were wearing off so I had to be admitted into hospital here.
"So I was there almost over night and basically I didn't know this but you can't have surgery if you have an infection.
"My surgery was meant to be a couple of days later after the cruise, so it got postponed. Now it will be at the end of this month so it is quite soon now."
Samie - who competed on the winter edition of 'Love Island', where she was coupled up with her now ex Tom Clare, 23 - also detailed how her online community had been helping her cope with the news by sharing each other’s cancer stories, which has reduced her “worry” about any potential scarring.
She said: “People have found lumps in their throat and went to get it checked out.
“People have been sending me photos of the scarring which has healed, because that’s what I was worried about but I’m not anymore. I just want it over and done with.
"So yeah, surgery is still going ahead. It just got postponed."
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