A 23-year-old bodybuilder is being ravaged by ovarian cancer — and Instagramming it all
Three weeks before her wedding day, Cheyann Shaw uploaded a video to YouTube, a space the fitness fanatic regularly filled with workout clips and health tips. But this time was different: She was now using the social video platform for a more emotional and profound purpose. “I’m going to cry,” she said in the video, “but — I was told that I have cancer.” Shaw has stage 4 low-grade serous ovarian cancer, a rare and slow-growing but stubborn strain that can be resistant to chemotherapy treatments. Over the past four months, she started chemo — then realized it wasn't working. She lost her hair — and filmed the moment she shaved her head. She has been diagnosed and re-diagnosed, and moved from Florida
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