British boxer Georgia O’Connor died at the age of 25.
The news was released by Ben Shalom, founder and president of Boxxer, supporter of the athlete.
“It is difficult to make sense to this, many things are happening, but nothing is more important than your family and your health,” he wrote on X (formerly Twitter) on May 22.
“My heart is with the parents of Georgia and her partner, who I know they did what they could without rest and have a very bad time now. Georgia was pure inspiration and someone I will never forget,” he added.
What did Georgia O’Connor die?
At the end of January, Georgia O’Connor revealed that she had been diagnosed with cancer after a year before finding that she had ulcerative colitis.
In the “post” in which she talked about her illness, the boxer said that “for 17 weeks, from the beginning of October”, there was “state in constant pain”, going from one hospital to another.
“Knowing in the background that something was going very bad. From the beginning I said I felt it was cancer. I knew the dangers. I have colitis and psc [colangitis esclerosante primaria]Two diseases that significantly increase the potential of pain, “he explained.
“But no doctor did or put me … a case, no doctor took me seriously, no doctor made me scan or the blood analysis I asked while crying on the floor of the agony,” he added.
O’Connor said that the experts who watched “refused” to examine and investigate and “said it was nothing”: “They made me feel I was an exaggeration.”
“And now? Now the cancer has spread and, as if it were not enough, during all years there were blood stains for all my lungs, which could have killed me immediately,” he said.
Given the alleged negligence, Georgia made it clear that she no longer believed in experts: “They can say that whatever they want is a terminal, they can say that I will die.”
“But, after the end of 17, seventeen weeks to know what happened to me, why did he believe it? I am young, I am in shape and I am stronger than they will never understand,” he said.
In addition to expressing her hope, she pointed out that she already had the attention of an “incredible” oncologist to enhance “the best possible treatment and treatment”.
Georgia O’Connor married weeks before she died
On May 12, Georgia O’Connor announced that she had married the “love of my life”, Adriano Cardinali.
In a publication, he hung a photo in which his hands could also see his partner with the wedding rings, which celebrated on Friday 9th.
Previously, in February, the fighter said he had “such a pure soul”: “I could not imagine life without you and adore you from my deepest heart.”
Source: univision
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