THE heartbroken fiance of the late Wellness Warrior Jessica
Ainscough has revealed the blogger turned to radiation treatment in her final
weeks as a last attempt to save her life.
In a tribute to
the “love of his life”, Tallon Pamenter wrote a letter to Ms Ainscough’s
followers, describing how she was “giggling and drinking green smoothies” in
her hospital bed until the day of her death.
The 30-year old
died on February 26 after a long battle with a rare form of cancer known as
Epithelioid sarcoma.
She
refused conventional treatment such as chemotherapy, instead opting to use a
controversial form of treatment known as Gerson Therapy, where patients turn to
vegetarianism, drink organic juice and undergo coffee eneams.
The ‘alternative
dietary therapy’ is based on German physician Max Gerson’s 1928 theory and is
believed the treatment cleanses the body, boosts the immune system and rids it
of unnecessary toxins, but the American Cancer Society has deemed it
“ineffective and dangerous”.
Jessica Ainscough and Tallon Pamenter
Mr
Pamenter told the Daily Mail that Ms Ainscough’s decision to turn
to tougher treatment six weeks before her death was “a risky and tough decision
but Jess bravely embraced this last chance option”.
He said she
turned to the treatment after the tumour in her left shoulder became so painful
it was preventing her from living a comfortable daily routine.
“In true wellness
warrior style, we integrated our natural healing regime with the recommended
radiation.
“Finally the
walls were broken down between conventional and unconventional medicine — I
don’t know why as a society we must choose one or the other.
“This was
something Jess was looking forward with sharing (with her followers). It was an
exciting evolution from her earlier days of feeling that she had to be part of
one extreme world or the other.”
He
confirmed the treatment shrunk Ms Ainscough’s tumour but “some complications
arose during the final stages of treatment”.
“Not long after,
the words I LOVE YOU would leave my lips only to fall softly upon Jess’s ears
for the last time.
“I said goodbye
to the love of my life that day and my heart has been in a million pieces
since.”
Ms Ainscough was
diagnosed with cancer in 2008 when she was 22 and initially took a course of
chemotherapy, but the cancer returned. She refused doctor’s advice to amputate
her left arm
In 2012 her
mother was diagnosed with cancer and turned to her daughter’s therapy soon
after. She died in 2013.
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