Belinda Emmett
Is it just me or does everyone think Belinda Emmett was as inspirational as she was beautiful?
Belinda died around dawn on Saturday morning, five years after being told her cancer was terminal. A hel of a fight.
There is a very important message in Belinda Emmett’s death.
She was just 21 when she first found a lump in her breast and did nothing about it.
It was two years before she sought medical advice, and she was told two days before her 24th birthday that she had a malignant tumour.
At first she had just surgery and radiation therapy and got on with her life.
Two years after that, about six years ago, she was filming the Nugget in New South Wales and got terrible pains in her back.
The cancer had returned, this time it was in her bones.
Anyone paying attention over the years could see that she was becoming more frail. But she never stopped fighting.
On Monday last week, Belinda’s husband Rove was in Brisbane filming an interview with U2 when he got the news that Belinda had been taken to hospital in Sydney.
He left Brisbane immediately. At that stage Belinda was just undergoing tests.
He stayed with her for Tuesday unsure of whether to go ahead with Rove Live on Tuesday night. Ultimately, he did and made it to the Melbourne studios with twenty minutes to spare before he went on air.
A family friend has told the Sydney Morning Herald that even as late as last Wednesday, no-one knew how close Belinda was to losing the battle.
He said yesterday Rove McManus was drained with exhaustion and sadness, because the entire family “hadn’t had time to sleep” in the past few days.
Belinda met Rove about a year after she was first diagnosed with cancer. They married at the beginning of last year. Earlier this year Belinda spoke about her husband. “Rove’s fantastic.” She said, “He doesn’t flinch.”
She was a brave and beautiful girl…there’s no doubt about that. Rove is going to need all his courage and hers in the next little while.
Belinda died around dawn on Saturday morning, five years after being told her cancer was terminal. A hel of a fight.
There is a very important message in Belinda Emmett’s death.
She was just 21 when she first found a lump in her breast and did nothing about it.
It was two years before she sought medical advice, and she was told two days before her 24th birthday that she had a malignant tumour.
At first she had just surgery and radiation therapy and got on with her life.
Two years after that, about six years ago, she was filming the Nugget in New South Wales and got terrible pains in her back.
The cancer had returned, this time it was in her bones.
Anyone paying attention over the years could see that she was becoming more frail. But she never stopped fighting.
On Monday last week, Belinda’s husband Rove was in Brisbane filming an interview with U2 when he got the news that Belinda had been taken to hospital in Sydney.
He left Brisbane immediately. At that stage Belinda was just undergoing tests.
He stayed with her for Tuesday unsure of whether to go ahead with Rove Live on Tuesday night. Ultimately, he did and made it to the Melbourne studios with twenty minutes to spare before he went on air.
A family friend has told the Sydney Morning Herald that even as late as last Wednesday, no-one knew how close Belinda was to losing the battle.
He said yesterday Rove McManus was drained with exhaustion and sadness, because the entire family “hadn’t had time to sleep” in the past few days.
Belinda met Rove about a year after she was first diagnosed with cancer. They married at the beginning of last year. Earlier this year Belinda spoke about her husband. “Rove’s fantastic.” She said, “He doesn’t flinch.”
She was a brave and beautiful girl…there’s no doubt about that. Rove is going to need all his courage and hers in the next little while.
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