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Honestly would not have been surprised if she had said "and what is helping me keep my hair is these monat products, dm for info and to support me since I cannot currently work a normal job" because that was the vibe
I have worked in cancer for over 17 years and I currently treat patients who actually have pancreatic cancer. This makes me physically ill I'm so disturbed by this. Thank you for covering these stories.
That's amazing you are able to do that. I have so much respect for people that do the tough jobs I could never have the emotional capacity to do. The nurses that spent time with my dad during his treatments all called me when he passed with the kindest words and it meant the world to me to hear. Bless you for doing what you do, it's not a job just anyone could do. And I hope you take care of your mental health as I'm sure it's taxing.
My aunt passed away from pancreatic cancer-it was pretty far along by the time they found it and she was gone so quickly. Her healthcare team was amazing. Thank you for all you do 💕
My mom died from pancreatic cancer in 2010. Pisses me off that someone is faking it. From the day we found out to the day she was gone was a month exactly. It's a heartbreaking way to see someone go that way.
@@Lizzypoohxo Thank you. I love my job and feel lucky to help in a time when my patients need a hand the most. The rewards are worth every tear. I'm so sorry for your loss.
I live in this area & we have mutual friends. This whole story is INSANE. I know someone who questioned it for years. Everyone thought he was so insensitive, until it turned out he was right the whole time. I’m so glad you covered it!!!
Good for him. My mom had pancreatic cancer and it was a month from when she was diagnosed to the day she died. It was heartbreaking. This girl also looks awfully healthy and bright eyed for a cancer patient.
But that's the hard part right? You may see some gaps in the story...and me looking for the benefit of the doubt would even think, are they just protecting their privacy? Got the medical lingo twisted? or....is this glaringly fake? If you call them on it you're a jerk. Until you're right. That would have been SO hard to watch up close!!
how long was she doing this for????? Years? Props to the dude who smelled something fishy with her story. She is glaringly healthy and bright eyed. Oncology patients NEVER look like her. Who is the man who bailed her out and started the gofundme? Is she going to claim that someone groomed her to pull this scam off?
@@Katiekay.First, let me say that in no way whatsoever am I defending what this awful girl has done. She is a terrible person, and she completely infuriates me! However, I just wanted to give some insight on some oncology pts. My hubby has had a rare type of chronic leukemia for 20 yrs. When he was first dxd, he was given 5 yrs bc young ppl tend not to get his type. He’s still here 20 yrs later, looks normal, takes an oral dose of chemo daily, and still works. Looking at him, one would NEVER guess he has cancer so while it’s not the “norm” for a oncology pt, some oncology pts don’t look sick at all. It sets a dangerous precedent to categorize all oncology pts into one set of expected appearances.
Whoa. I can't believe she picked pancreatic cancer. It can spread fast and the treatment aggressive. The only people I've ever heard to survive more than a couple years with it were ultra wealthy and had access to every treatment anywhere. They still didn't beat it.
yeah my stepdad is going on year four of pancreatic cancer. having access to resources & treatment have definitely helped but he doesn’t have a lot of time left and it’s def taking its toll. a heartfelt “fuck you” to anyone who would take this illness and its effect on families so lightly
When I was a nursing student, I had a rotation where I spent a day in an oncology clinic. I’ll never forget seeing this one lady come in with her husband who was having to help hold her up while she walked to the room where the doctor would see her. I went with the doctor into the room and saw a woman who was absolutely beaten due to the radiation. She was sobbing, clenching her abdomen, shaking, looked like she hadn’t slept in weeks, and her eyes were begging for help. The doctor told her that they should consider taking a break because it was causing her harm at this point and she proceeded to cry in a way I had never heard before. She told him they couldn’t stop and begged him to help her because she was afraid of dying if she stopped since it could spread. She upset herself so much that she proceeded to dry heave as she wasn’t able to keep food or liquids down. Cancer is not a joke and is not something to lie about. Not everyone’s journey is like this, but I’ll never forget the desperation in this woman’s voice and how cancer was beating her down no matter how hard she fought. She should be ashamed to fake such a vile disease. Bless those who face this battle, I pray we see a day where the treatments aren’t harsh and don’t harm people just as much as the actual disease
@@simplysheyla5407 unfortunately I don’t😭 it still bothers me to this day but I know the doctor told me outside the room at his desk that her prognosis wasn’t good and they were doing everything they could. It broke my heart to see her pleading for help even though her body was so worn down. Her husbands face was even more sad because he looked so helpless. Like he was trying to be strong for her but he wanted her better and would have taken her suffering for her. I really hope she got better, I’m not sure she did but I hope whatever happened, I pray she had peace and rest😭
It really isn't. aside from situations like this, I don't talk about my experience because 90% of patients have it worse than I did. It was more of what was going on around me that was traumatic, like my job not giving me any time off for treatment. I had very early caught skin cancer and was able to treat it at home, didn't need chemo or rads. But even a basic b* story like that isn't something to lie about. Fraud like this is literally getting so bad, charities have to ask for medical records now.
It absolutely disgusts me that QUALIFIED people wouldn't dare call out someone like this when it's so obvious she's faking, while someone having a legitimate physical or mental health crisis end up getting dismissed as faking even though all the signs point to them being right.
This makes me extra angry as someone with chronic illness who has been accused of faking even though I have tons of receipts. Shit like this hurts so many people in so many ways.
I have chronic illness too and I hate how we get called fake or exaggerators and these liars are believed. I wish I was healthy and had energy everyday.
Same here, I have a couple of chronic hidden conditions and I get accused of faking it, or exaggerating how bad I feel, even from my own family. It’s puts so much extra pressure on you, it’s like I have to carry around drs notes with my diagnosed conditions an it still would be enough. Sending hugs to you both from the UK
What a terrible heartless thing to do! As someone who cared for my husband as he battled cancer till his very last breath. Cancer is heart wrenching and brutal. Cancer is nothing to fake about. #fcancer
omg, I am so so sorry angel. Sending so much love your way. I can't even imagine! It truly is. I have a relative currently battling colon cancer and it's devastating to witness the little bit I do see. it breaks my heart how cancer hurts so many people
she really doesnt know how bad cancer truly is. Even if you live you still have life long problmes rather the chemo radiation or the mental exhaustion of knowing it could come back. Shes just vile
She was probably befriending actual cancer patients to get a closer look at what they go through so she could use it for her own narrative to seem more authentic. Doesn't make it any less disgusting, but I can see it being for that reason.
One of the red flad to me is she's showing that she has a port, but then she says that she's doing chemo pills. Which doesn't make sens to me at all. I'm a cancer survivor (11 years ago I had a lymphoma and 9 months of chemo via a picline in my arm directly pumped into my heart (not the same as a port but similar). And usually, port are installed on people who will have lots of chemo for a long time, through there heart directly, liquid form. It's just so infuriating to me that someone would fake having cancer. IIt's making me very troubbled and sad.
I've had a port multiple times though- it's often done for anyone who's having regular blood draws, even if you're not getting meds through that port. So that part isn't that unusual.
Just seeing this makes me sick. As my own father who had cancer 3 years and let me tell you to the beginning and currently in remission, the medication, the treatment, and everything else in between, it takes a toll on the individual themselves but the people around them. Thank you for covering this.
That was my red flag. I dont know, if she explained their absence but it felt weird for her not to live with her parent(s) and not having one of them drive her to and from the facility. Cancer, in my experience, is a family affair: everybody pitches in.
I lost one of my closest friends to pancreatic cancer 2 years ago. This is beyond disgusting. I’m glad she was caught, and I truly hope she gets the book thrown at her as well as the help that she desperately needs.
Look, I know there's nothing to do in Iowa, but if you're that bored, you've just gotta go hang out at Walmart like everyone else. Please don't pretend to have cancer.
My aunt had pancreatic cancer. We watched her lose all her weight and hair through the year and a half she went through treatment. Everytime my mom called me I was afraid of the news i was gonna hear. She was 36 and left a 4 year old son. What this girl did makes my blood boil so much I can't put it into words. I hope she knows how DISGUSTING she is.
When my father was diagnosed with cancer we were in the middle of moving across the county, Him, myself, my husband and my son. For months I was wheeling him to and from his truck, wheeling him into doctor offices, treatment centers and hospitals. The week before he passed he said he wasn't feeling well and felt that the treatments were killing him. The day before he passed he got his prosthetic leg and rang the bell at his last radiation appointment. He was so excited to be able to walk again because he's always worked even after he had many surgeries and even going through treatments, feeling like crap, was in the garage building and fixing stuff. I'd never once thought about going online for sympathy, never took selfies with him while he was in chemo, I just have a lot of problems with people exploding stuff like that. All that to say, this woman is absolutely disgusting to lie about all of the heartache and pain cancer causes. Watching someone turn into a completely different person because their body is betraying them is so, so awful. That is nothing to make light of. To make people you never met and would never take the time to know, believe and feel bad for you, is absolutely gross and ugly.
Never trust a woman who uses that much self-tanner Seriously though, this is disgusting beyond belief. The lengths she went to....I've never seen a scammer befriend someone who is actually suffering and DIED, to further their scam. And speak at multiple universities/charities/events?! I mean wow, some people really have no shame. I don't know how you can reform someone like this
My grandpa was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in December 2022. We had 16 days between diagnosis, and when cancer took him. Pancreatic cancer is like nothing I’ve ever seen before. To lie about this disease is evil and inhumane. My heart breaks for the cancer survivors she befriended, she truly has no idea what they’re enduring. I hope she serves in jail for a very long time.
I lost one of my best friends to ovarian cancer 6 months ago. She was 18 and had her whole life ahead of her. She struggled and was in physical and mental misery for 9 months before dying in a hospital. Cancer is not an accessory - it ruins and takes lives. This girl makes me sick and I hope she gets what she deserves.
Someone in my immediate family faked pancreatic cancer. It was devastating when the truth came out, and I can imagine what her family and friends are going through right now.
Wow I have a spinal tumor in my spine crushing my sciatic nerve ... it's closed now but people like this boil my blood !!! when I was first diagnosed with my medical stuff (Ehlers-danlos, Lupus, kidney and heart issues, etc etc im a hot mess to say the least), I went from dispensary/lab manager to needing husband/night nurse help bathing within the last 3yrs. In a desperate feeling like a shitty mom and wife, I started a gofundme, thinking if I could help my family financially I wouldn't feel like just a waste of space... the gofundme sat..then I made a short and first Comment "fake" .. shame on her.
The lengths she went to manipulate is crazy, my mom laughed (she’s a nurse) 😭And biotin isn’t even scientifically proven to help you hair grow, let alone help keep it on your head durning cemo💀
@oooh19 I think they meant that the mom laughed because of how far from reality what she was claiming was. Like trained professionals that came across her wouldn't be able to tell. I only say this because of what she said on her first sentence, ”The lengths she went to manipulate is crazy.” It's like a nonpilot talking with a pilot about flying a plane. The real pilot would pick up on it and surely laugh.
The way she was too vain to shave her head is kinda comical.. it shows how insecure she is cause she’s willing to go to extreme measures to keep this lie, but her hair is not one??? Also her saying biotin kept her hair is extremely sad because if those who are actually on chemo dealing w hair loss would see that and think that they made a mistake not knowing, or that it’s too late, OR take absurd amounts of biotin when their health is already compromised, just so reckless and dangerous of her to even say
As someone who is wrapping up their cancer journey this makes me absolutely sick. Never would wish this on my worse enemy 😔 There are a handful of people who can actually use that for real bills and survival. I hope she gets the right punishment
I lost a childhood friend to a rare and aggressive form of cancer this past November. She was diagnosed a month before her wedding at 29 years old and fought for 18 grueling months, flying from Chicago to Texas to take part in a clinical trial, putting herself at risk every time she got on a plane thanks to anti-maskers and anti-vaxxers. Everyone I know is still grieving her loss, I'm still grieving her loss, bouncing between numb and aching when I remember that she's gone. To think about all the patients, families, and survivors who could have benefitted from the money and attention she received is infuriating.
This is just sad, and the outcome of what social media can become and has become in a lot of ways, yes before people scammed and all that, but nowadays it's too easy to do and even easier for innocent people to get sucked into the scams. I really hope that justice is served on this one
I lost my father to cancer in 2020, he did not look this healthy, even before cancer treatment began. Once treatment began, he became almost unrecognisable. It was torment. This makes me so mad
While I don't have pancreatic cancer, I have grade 4 glioblastoma. Which has NO cure and it is terminal. I'm 32 years old. I cannot even IMAGINE faking it. Radiation took so much out of me, along with chemo and I start maintenance chemo soon. This case is so freaking disturbing I can barely handle it
i’m praying for you marissa i had a best friend with this cancer i really hope you are getting all the resources you need you will be in my prayers i hope you have a great support system around you sending love from a stranger ❤
@@samanthamonroe3826 thank you so much, Sam! I have a small, but very supportive system. So far I've had good results with my treatments, finished chemo radiation March 8 and start optune tomorrow. My doctors are pleased with my progress
@@samanthamonroe3826 I try to ignore the statistics as much as I can since there aren't many for my age range. & each individual's diagnosis is so different. Hoping I'm some crazy medical miracle lol
This is so unbelievably upsetting. My gf (27 yo) has stage 4 metastatic breast cancer ….like actually has it. And then there’s people Like this. While others are literally fighting for their life. 😭😒😣
When I was going through chemo, I was very fortunate that my insurance covered every single treatment but if I hadn’t gotten it covered, between the treatments, blood work, radiation, doctor visits, etc. I would have owed $750k it makes me SICK that this girl faked it and made so many people feel for her
My nephew was on two different chemo treatments and he went through 6 weeks of daily radiation (5x a week) for brain cancer and he never lost his hair. My mom went through 6 rounds of radiation (I-129 and I-131) and 4 rounds of chemo and she still had hair. But it took like 15 yrs before it could grow past a certain length
every chemo is different! my dad didn’t lose hair bc he did radiation but my mom did with chemo! Every type of chemo is different, but she said hers did cause hair loss so it is def odd. Biotin wouldn’t have done crap for her hair loss
As someone who was a carer for folk with cancer this makes me so angry. I myself as so disabled now I cannot eat without help for my carer, I have been bed bound for years. I have such a hard time managing to afford money and meds (I can’t afford everything I need I just take what I can afford when I can) but I haven’t asked for help like this. It’s not right to me. So many people out there can’t afford any meds, they need help and cannot ever get it from anyone. I have no family to support me but I have a couple of good friends now, it’s an amazing thing. Her lying and stealing this money is horrific, it’s so hard for any of us to get help. What she did with this is sick
As someone who was diagnosed with cancer at the age of 23, it makes me so mad that someone would fake this to steal people’s money. Going through something like this is so devastating to someone’s life, and the fact that she pretended and took advantage of peoples’ kindness like this is despicable.
My great grandmother passed from pancreatic cancer. My mother said it was extremely painful for her and a terrible disease. My grandmother passed from lung cancer. IT IS NOT SOMETHING TO PLAY PRETEND WITH! That girl is sick!
I have 2 kids going through the transplant process thanks to a rare genetic disorder. One of the last things I'm gonna do is take them out(or go myself) to be around a bunch of people unnecessarily to give a speech while they're going through treatment, and they're not even immunosuppressed yet!
Believe me, as an RN who also just cared for my hubby going through chemo/radiation, you do not feel good enough to put on make up/style your hair or make a bunch of tic tocks. My hubby lost 70lbs. And she made a big mistake by picking the worst of the worst, pancreatic cancer. Very rarely ever survivable. What makes me sick is that next she will probably blame it all on mental illness, another topic that is so misunderstood. This girl just makes me sick!! And the ppl in her close circle, who didn’t stop her are at fault too!🤮🤑👿
My FAVORITE thing that happened when i was on chemo is that I lost my hair, it's been 6 years since my last chemo round and I still keep my head shaved bald! I wish more women would embrace the bald look, not even women on chemo just women in general!
I don't know her but I live in the Quad City area. My best friend's son graduated with her and also had a class with her at St Ambrose. She has not returned to class at least not in person. I'm very glad to see so much coverage on this. It's disgusting. My family has been hammered with cancer losses to include my father in law who passed away from pancreatic cancer a few years back.
Thank you for covering this story. I don’t know Madison, but I live in the same community. It makes me physically sick to think about her befriending others who actually had cancer particularly Charly (from the screenshot you included) - Charly was the most positive, brave, and beautiful human and it breaks my heart that someone took advantage of her. I hope you keep giving updates on this story as it progresses!
Ma'am had a tan in all her videos, freshly done makeup, thick asl hair, and didn't even lose weight. Cancer patients must have felt a slap in the face seeing someone with such a 'horrible diagnosis' leaving out their best life while they were begging God to keep them alive for another day. Sickening
My mom passed of pancreatic and liver cancer (both in stage 4 she was gone 2 weeks after being diagnosed) in 2013 when I was 13. This woman just makes me so angry and literally physically ill. I hope she does go to jail for it whether she was just doing it for attention or money I don’t really care. She deserves whatever is coming to her.
Not sure if anyone posted an update but she changed her plea to guilty. No word on sentencing yet. I guess she realized that her goose was cooked and there was no way a trial was going to win her any sympathy. It appears she did this all over a guy. She faked a pregnancy in the past to try and get this guy to leave his wife (yes, she was sleeping with a married GRANDFATHER!) and this whole thing was for her to get some attention, get money to nest egg with him, and get him to leave his family. I'm not sure if he will be found liable in all of this but he did set up the go fund and bail her out of jail.
Of course this whole thing is god awful but there’s something so sinister to me about her “don’t comment on how I look you don’t know what goes on behind the scenes” bc that’s absolutely true for ppl with any sickness except for the fact that she’s lying but now it’s an almost bulletproof rebuttal for anyone questioning the fact that she isn’t sick like the mind games are wiiiiild
Wow. So much to unpack here! I'm an esthetician, and it is NOT recommended to self tan, nor take antioxidants during chemo, so that's shady off the rip!
As an Iowan and woman who had childhood cancer(acute lymphoblastic leukemia to be exact) from 17 to 19, nothing pisses me off more such as this. so fucked to say you have a sickness that affects so many people. My diagnosis may have been eight years ago, but I struggle with that shit every single day even NOW. Fuck, I’m angry, beautiful job, Isabella!!
I had a friend from high school friend that claimed she had terminal cancer, to the point that she would have people drive her to oncology and left in the car. Posted videos from Google, etc. It’s was disgusting.
wow. these sort of scams break my heart. i don't know how someone can think to do something like this. i just want to say that about her hair, my grandma was on chemo for about a year and a half before she died and she kept her whole head of hair, and she had a lot. it really depends on the type of cancer and the type of treatment, so all of the other red flags are more alarming to me. however, cancer still takes an obvious toll on your body. she looks no different than where she started.
This is infuriating. I watched my mother battle breast cancer twice and I wouldn’t wish anything she went through on anyone OR for anyone to watch their loved one go through. Absolutely sickening that she had the nerve to do this.
this makes me so sad 😞 how could she do this to people and lie to actual people who go through this. it’s so messed up and good that she was caught. her entire career is over and it will be so hard for her to ever find a job
Thanks for the reminder of why I stopped posting my medical journey online. I realized I was completely comfortable sharing anymore when people where questioning if I was sick or not. It’s hard enough to be sick and not get doctors to listen but for other to question it or worse steal and profit off it…
How are humans this abominable and cruel ? 🤬. After caretaking several family members that had cancer, I am left with such extreme emotions towards her lies. And on the flip side, I hope she gets the help she needs.
Seeing my gramma when she had cancer pass, my mom who does and my uncle who passed as well, this is such a sick thing for someone to do. She deserves everything taken from her.
I'm not in Healthcare in any capacity.. but if one had a tumor the size of a football on their spine.. would that not be visible by way of lump or hump or something from her back?? I mean a football is rather LARGE in terms of something foreign growing inside your body.
Gawd sorry made my last comment all "me me me" THANK YOU ISABELLA for bringing this BS to the masses. Bringing life to it. You bring the facts and in such a way that's to the point, entertaining and super helpful. You're amazing and so pretty 😍
This reminds me of the ‘Scamanda’ podcast that is out there right now, during the blog era. This is an old grift. The thing that makes me sick is pancreatic cancer is almost always fatal. What was her plan for that in the long-term, beside giving potentially false hope??
This story completely sickens me! My dad is in remission from non-hodgkins lymphoma stage 4, he still isnt fully back to how he used to be 3 years on from his diagnosis and probably never will be. I have seen first hand how it affected him and it was honestly horrific watching him go through treatment. My uncle has battled a brain tumor on and off for over 10 years and is still fighting now. There are people like this who take advantage and it's completely inexcusable! Thank you for talking about this ❤
My brother had JRA (he was so sick that he stopped growing), and he was actually put on chemotherapy. He was really REALLY sick. He is in remission now, but when he was sick we were in hospitals all the time. For her to exploit cancer, or any serious illness, is insulting to everyone who has had to fight for their life in a hospital, and to the families that spent hours watching their loved one suffer!
You don't have to have a port. I didn't but it was highly recommended. I remember watching her and reporting her for scamming to tiktok on like her first "medical" pic
lol if oleplex could prevent chemo-related hair loss, I think everyone would know about it. To be fair, some chemo drugs are less likely to cause hair loss than others, but that would have nothing to do with oleplex. Why didn't she just say she didn't get chemo?
I’m a RN and I knew immediately that the port was fake….. that’s a very very sterile thing…and it certainly wouldn’t look like that…..and that fake feeding tube placement 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️ I hope she goes to jail and is ordered to pay back every dime
We prime a feeding tube prior to use so we don’t pump the patient full of air and cause them pain. The chemo regimes for pancreatic cancer generally result in significant hair loss. Source hospice nurse and BIL died of pancreatic cancer as bald as a billard from chemotherapy
My dad had a rare stomach cancer and that was horrible and scary news to hear . Luckily he was able to get it all with surgery and no chemo but it was still very difficult for our family to walk through. Definitely not something to joke about or gain money from , so sad that someone would pretend to have cancer!
On Christmas my cousin was told she has less than a year to live. The fact that shes going through so much she remains positive. The fact that someone can honestly do this is disgusting. What in the world goes through someones brain to even THINK of this idea.
This is sick and it hits to close to home. My father had insurance, but it sucked. Not only did my parents go through their life savings, my husband(the sweetest man on earth) & I gave up our savings for us to buy a home. We moved in with my parents. In order for them not to lose their home, & for us to help. All in the name of keeping my father alive! He fought hard, then lost the battle after 3 & 1/2 years. I seen my dad go through living hell! Which I can't even go into details it's just too painful. Where I can even image a person who is going through their own living hell, & seeing this psycho, cold hearted B, fake this & collect money. When there is people going through their own living hell and still have to worry about how they're going to pay for treatment that will keep them alive. If you sent on the heated I am. Hopefully she gets the full extend of the law, they can punished her with.
My dad had a port when he was going through cancer treatment and it never looked messy like that. You’d never know he had one until he was getting treatment. Same with the other patients too. It’s so gross to me how someone could fake having cancer and going through treatment. Unfortunately my dad lost his battle with cancer, but it is such a hard thing to watch someone go through the treatment. ❤
I have a feeling this stuff is more common than many of us realize, but now with the internet, it’s a different game. I first heard of this on the channel ‘Keyasworld’ she covers internet scammers, grifters, occasionally MLM related stuff. The more reporters, the better ❤
as a loose comment while im watching, obv not every cancer patient goes through hair loss. but its SO funny when she said she was taking Oral chemo (pills) but has a port? Like my chemo was 15 years ago so sure things could have definitely changed up. but why would you have a port when your taking chemotherapy via oral medication mvfbsdjhbsdj
As someone who has dealt with pancreatitis & pancreas problems in general for over 7 years. This is sick. This is nothing to joke around about. I’ve been hospitalized so many times for it. It has affected my GI system so much.
I'm tube fed due to total gastrointestinal paralysis and that was not a proper tube feed nor port - tube feeds are like pale yellow ish colour and you'd see it! Hate to see people lie about health conditions esp the C word. Just disgusting
I thought of Münchausen Syndrome when I watched this video. I don’t know if she ever actually went to medical providers as part of her scheme but I work for a Blue Cross and I have seen a few cases of Münchausen Syndrome. I’m not aware of any Münchausen by Proxy, thank God. That would just send me. I barely made it through Covid, the calls from our Medicare patients (and their families reporting their passing) were heartbreaking. I see a lot of RX drug abuse. When the same person calls in wanting another early refill because they dropped their bottle of opioids in the tub or lost them for the 3rd time this year we can’t do anything. Especially with narcotics. The laws are very clear. I’m in recovery myself (15 years) so I have a lot of empathy for people suffering from addiction to rx drugs. The good news is that there is help out there for these people when they are ready.
this stuff is so batshit crazy to me. my father battled with pancreatic cancer and it wasn’t an easy diagnosis to reach even when he had been suffering from visible illness…. to watch someone say they’re dealing with that when they’re not and look healthy doing all this is disgusting
I lost my mom to pancreatic cancer 5 months after being diagnosed and suffering through chemo treatments. I've lost several other family members to other types of cancer. This is disgusting and makes me sick.
As a cancer survivor who received both chemo and radiation I'm questioning the port thing. If she was on oral chemo what would be the reason for having one? I'm not familiar with this whole scandal but this upsets me a great deal. Worst year of my life. I wouldn't wish this kind of agony on my worst enemy
As someone who has had her own cancer diagnosis not too long ago this is extremely disgusting. Im lucky enough to say that I’m on the mend but the path that i had to walk to get here was not pretty and it’s gonna take a long time to get my old life back if that is even possible. And I’m still one of the lucky ones because there’s people out there who will never get better. To think that somebody would fake having cancer for their own benefit and use other peoples photos who are ACTUALLY battling cancer is blowing my mind. I hope she gets faced with the consequences of her actions and that she will one day realize how disgusting this is.
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Honestly would not have been surprised if she had said "and what is helping me keep my hair is these monat products, dm for info and to support me since I cannot currently work a normal job" because that was the vibe
RIGHT
I was honestly waiting for this exactly. That or like YL or some other oil nonsense.
I was expecting that too
Add this to it: "I actually lost my hair this whole time and what you've been seeing is a wig, they work great on wigs too!"
ON GOD
My mom died of a rare form of Pancreatic cancer and it was fucking AWFUL watching her go through that- this person is DESPICABLE.
My mom lost mom lost her brief battle with pancreatic cancer too. It was horrific, and I miss her everyday. I’m sorry for your loss.
Same with my mom. It's horrible to watch someone go through that.
I hope that you’re healing. ❤
my mom at 35yo passed of skin cancer 16 years ago and it was just horrible to watch. i’m so effing disgusted w this
I have worked in cancer for over 17 years and I currently treat patients who actually have pancreatic cancer. This makes me physically ill I'm so disturbed by this. Thank you for covering these stories.
I understand how it made you feel because I feel the same!
That's amazing you are able to do that. I have so much respect for people that do the tough jobs I could never have the emotional capacity to do.
The nurses that spent time with my dad during his treatments all called me when he passed with the kindest words and it meant the world to me to hear.
Bless you for doing what you do, it's not a job just anyone could do. And I hope you take care of your mental health as I'm sure it's taxing.
My aunt passed away from pancreatic cancer-it was pretty far along by the time they found it and she was gone so quickly. Her healthcare team was amazing. Thank you for all you do 💕
My mom died from pancreatic cancer in 2010. Pisses me off that someone is faking it. From the day we found out to the day she was gone was a month exactly. It's a heartbreaking way to see someone go that way.
@@Lizzypoohxo Thank you. I love my job and feel lucky to help in a time when my patients need a hand the most. The rewards are worth every tear. I'm so sorry for your loss.
I live in this area & we have mutual friends. This whole story is INSANE. I know someone who questioned it for years. Everyone thought he was so insensitive, until it turned out he was right the whole time. I’m so glad you covered it!!!
Good for him. My mom had pancreatic cancer and it was a month from when she was diagnosed to the day she died. It was heartbreaking. This girl also looks awfully healthy and bright eyed for a cancer patient.
@@reinasherman8009 so disgusting when people exploit something so horrible & deadly. I’m sorry for your loss ❤️
But that's the hard part right? You may see some gaps in the story...and me looking for the benefit of the doubt would even think, are they just protecting their privacy? Got the medical lingo twisted? or....is this glaringly fake? If you call them on it you're a jerk. Until you're right. That would have been SO hard to watch up close!!
how long was she doing this for????? Years? Props to the dude who smelled something fishy with her story. She is glaringly healthy and bright eyed. Oncology patients NEVER look like her. Who is the man who bailed her out and started the gofundme? Is she going to claim that someone groomed her to pull this scam off?
@@Katiekay.First, let me say that in no way whatsoever am I defending what this awful girl has done. She is a terrible person, and she completely infuriates me! However, I just wanted to give some insight on some oncology pts. My hubby has had a rare type of chronic leukemia for 20 yrs. When he was first dxd, he was given 5 yrs bc young ppl tend not to get his type. He’s still here 20 yrs later, looks normal, takes an oral dose of chemo daily, and still works. Looking at him, one would NEVER guess he has cancer so while it’s not the “norm” for a oncology pt, some oncology pts don’t look sick at all. It sets a dangerous precedent to categorize all oncology pts into one set of expected appearances.
Whoa. I can't believe she picked pancreatic cancer. It can spread fast and the treatment aggressive. The only people I've ever heard to survive more than a couple years with it were ultra wealthy and had access to every treatment anywhere. They still didn't beat it.
yeah my stepdad is going on year four of pancreatic cancer. having access to resources & treatment have definitely helped but he doesn’t have a lot of time left and it’s def taking its toll. a heartfelt “fuck you” to anyone who would take this illness and its effect on families so lightly
I do know one person who beat it, but that's literally one. Everyone else I've heard of, hasn't made it. That's so awful..
Young, dumb....and full of pancreatic cancer apparently 🙄
So terrible! Very sad! Everything’s unhealthy for us there’s no escape so we must make the most of our time!
As a nurse, I can confirm.
When I was a nursing student, I had a rotation where I spent a day in an oncology clinic. I’ll never forget seeing this one lady come in with her husband who was having to help hold her up while she walked to the room where the doctor would see her. I went with the doctor into the room and saw a woman who was absolutely beaten due to the radiation. She was sobbing, clenching her abdomen, shaking, looked like she hadn’t slept in weeks, and her eyes were begging for help. The doctor told her that they should consider taking a break because it was causing her harm at this point and she proceeded to cry in a way I had never heard before. She told him they couldn’t stop and begged him to help her because she was afraid of dying if she stopped since it could spread. She upset herself so much that she proceeded to dry heave as she wasn’t able to keep food or liquids down. Cancer is not a joke and is not something to lie about. Not everyone’s journey is like this, but I’ll never forget the desperation in this woman’s voice and how cancer was beating her down no matter how hard she fought. She should be ashamed to fake such a vile disease. Bless those who face this battle, I pray we see a day where the treatments aren’t harsh and don’t harm people just as much as the actual disease
can I ask if you know what happened to the lady in your story? 😭 I’m literally sobbing after reading that 😭😭😭
@@simplysheyla5407 unfortunately I don’t😭 it still bothers me to this day but I know the doctor told me outside the room at his desk that her prognosis wasn’t good and they were doing everything they could. It broke my heart to see her pleading for help even though her body was so worn down. Her husbands face was even more sad because he looked so helpless. Like he was trying to be strong for her but he wanted her better and would have taken her suffering for her. I really hope she got better, I’m not sure she did but I hope whatever happened, I pray she had peace and rest😭
My goodness I cried like I was there. That's so heartbreaking.
It really isn't. aside from situations like this, I don't talk about my experience because 90% of patients have it worse than I did. It was more of what was going on around me that was traumatic, like my job not giving me any time off for treatment. I had very early caught skin cancer and was able to treat it at home, didn't need chemo or rads. But even a basic b* story like that isn't something to lie about. Fraud like this is literally getting so bad, charities have to ask for medical records now.
It absolutely disgusts me that QUALIFIED people wouldn't dare call out someone like this when it's so obvious she's faking, while someone having a legitimate physical or mental health crisis end up getting dismissed as faking even though all the signs point to them being right.
This makes me extra angry as someone with chronic illness who has been accused of faking even though I have tons of receipts. Shit like this hurts so many people in so many ways.
I have chronic illness too and I hate how we get called fake or exaggerators and these liars are believed. I wish I was healthy and had energy everyday.
Same here, I have a couple of chronic hidden conditions and I get accused of faking it, or exaggerating how bad I feel, even from my own family. It’s puts so much extra pressure on you, it’s like I have to carry around drs notes with my diagnosed conditions an it still would be enough. Sending hugs to you both from the UK
What a terrible heartless thing to do! As someone who cared for my husband as he battled cancer till his very last breath. Cancer is heart wrenching and brutal. Cancer is nothing to fake about. #fcancer
omg, I am so so sorry angel. Sending so much love your way. I can't even imagine! It truly is. I have a relative currently battling colon cancer and it's devastating to witness the little bit I do see. it breaks my heart how cancer hurts so many people
@@IsabellaLanter Isabella and Suzy, sending ❤️and a big hug🌹god bless
I'm so sorry for your loss
she really doesnt know how bad cancer truly is. Even if you live you still have life long problmes rather the chemo radiation or the mental exhaustion of knowing it could come back. Shes just vile
I agree my sister is a Cancer survivor.
She was probably befriending actual cancer patients to get a closer look at what they go through so she could use it for her own narrative to seem more authentic. Doesn't make it any less disgusting, but I can see it being for that reason.
This is so disgusting but people faking cancer has turned into something common and so I'm glad to see that authorities are doing something about it.
One of the red flad to me is she's showing that she has a port, but then she says that she's doing chemo pills. Which doesn't make sens to me at all. I'm a cancer survivor (11 years ago I had a lymphoma and 9 months of chemo via a picline in my arm directly pumped into my heart (not the same as a port but similar). And usually, port are installed on people who will have lots of chemo for a long time, through there heart directly, liquid form. It's just so infuriating to me that someone would fake having cancer. IIt's making me very troubbled and sad.
I've had a port multiple times though- it's often done for anyone who's having regular blood draws, even if you're not getting meds through that port. So that part isn't that unusual.
Just seeing this makes me sick. As my own father who had cancer 3 years and let me tell you to the beginning and currently in remission, the medication, the treatment, and everything else in between, it takes a toll on the individual themselves but the people around them. Thank you for covering this.
I wonder why her mother went along with her charade?.... and any other family or friends who were close to her. So sick and sad!!
Please continue to do content on this story. I too am deep into the rabbit hole. What a way to ruin your life. Where are her parents?
I live in the area where this girl is from, it's widely believed her family knew.
Her family helped her ruin her life. If she’s found guilty or pleads guilty, at 20 yea old, that felony will follow her for the rest of her life.
That was my red flag. I dont know, if she explained their absence but it felt weird for her not to live with her parent(s) and not having one of them drive her to and from the facility. Cancer, in my experience, is a family affair: everybody pitches in.
I lost one of my closest friends to pancreatic cancer 2 years ago. This is beyond disgusting. I’m glad she was caught, and I truly hope she gets the book thrown at her as well as the help that she desperately needs.
I lost my dear friend last April, she lived two months from pancreatic cancer. 😢 she needs a reality check.
Look, I know there's nothing to do in Iowa, but if you're that bored, you've just gotta go hang out at Walmart like everyone else. Please don't pretend to have cancer.
Holy shit... I know the town she's from. There's plenty of stuff to do there.
I’m also from iowa and I didn’t know she’s from there too until I heard the town and I was like wait…wait what?!?!?
@@agentkurt It's like the Kyle Scheele scandal all over again except 10 times worse.
My aunt had pancreatic cancer. We watched her lose all her weight and hair through the year and a half she went through treatment. Everytime my mom called me I was afraid of the news i was gonna hear. She was 36 and left a 4 year old son. What this girl did makes my blood boil so much I can't put it into words. I hope she knows how DISGUSTING she is.
When my father was diagnosed with cancer we were in the middle of moving across the county, Him, myself, my husband and my son. For months I was wheeling him to and from his truck, wheeling him into doctor offices, treatment centers and hospitals.
The week before he passed he said he wasn't feeling well and felt that the treatments were killing him. The day before he passed he got his prosthetic leg and rang the bell at his last radiation appointment. He was so excited to be able to walk again because he's always worked even after he had many surgeries and even going through treatments, feeling like crap, was in the garage building and fixing stuff. I'd never once thought about going online for sympathy, never took selfies with him while he was in chemo, I just have a lot of problems with people exploding stuff like that. All that to say, this woman is absolutely disgusting to lie about all of the heartache and pain cancer causes. Watching someone turn into a completely different person because their body is betraying them is so, so awful.
That is nothing to make light of. To make people you never met and would never take the time to know, believe and feel bad for you, is absolutely gross and ugly.
I'm sorry for your loss 😔
This is terrible! I feel terrible for those who do have cancer. I’m afraid those who do need help will be doubted 😢😢
I can't even imagine! It's devastating.
@@IsabellaLanter Thank you for highlighting these! You are AMAZING 🤍
the fact that the cops literally snatched her wig, lmao. I hope she gets what she deserves. I'm not sure what that is yet but I hope it happens.
Never trust a woman who uses that much self-tanner
Seriously though, this is disgusting beyond belief. The lengths she went to....I've never seen a scammer befriend someone who is actually suffering and DIED, to further their scam. And speak at multiple universities/charities/events?! I mean wow, some people really have no shame. I don't know how you can reform someone like this
My grandpa was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in December 2022. We had 16 days between diagnosis, and when cancer took him. Pancreatic cancer is like nothing I’ve ever seen before. To lie about this disease is evil and inhumane. My heart breaks for the cancer survivors she befriended, she truly has no idea what they’re enduring. I hope she serves in jail for a very long time.
I lost one of my best friends to ovarian cancer 6 months ago. She was 18 and had her whole life ahead of her. She struggled and was in physical and mental misery for 9 months before dying in a hospital. Cancer is not an accessory - it ruins and takes lives. This girl makes me sick and I hope she gets what she deserves.
Someone in my immediate family faked pancreatic cancer. It was devastating when the truth came out, and I can imagine what her family and friends are going through right now.
Wow I have a spinal tumor in my spine crushing my sciatic nerve ... it's closed now but people like this boil my blood !!! when I was first diagnosed with my medical stuff (Ehlers-danlos, Lupus, kidney and heart issues, etc etc im a hot mess to say the least), I went from dispensary/lab manager to needing husband/night nurse help bathing within the last 3yrs. In a desperate feeling like a shitty mom and wife, I started a gofundme, thinking if I could help my family financially I wouldn't feel like just a waste of space... the gofundme sat..then I made a short and first Comment "fake" .. shame on her.
As a fellow eds sufferer, EDS alone sucks horribly.
The lengths she went to manipulate is crazy, my mom laughed (she’s a nurse) 😭And biotin isn’t even scientifically proven to help you hair grow, let alone help keep it on your head durning cemo💀
literally, biotin vs chemo is like an ant fighting a bull. Like nothing is gonna change lmso
Why would she laugh? That’s cruel frankly!
@oooh19 I think they meant that the mom laughed because of how far from reality what she was claiming was. Like trained professionals that came across her wouldn't be able to tell. I only say this because of what she said on her first sentence, ”The lengths she went to manipulate is crazy.”
It's like a nonpilot talking with a pilot about flying a plane. The real pilot would pick up on it and surely laugh.
The way she was too vain to shave her head is kinda comical.. it shows how insecure she is cause she’s willing to go to extreme measures to keep this lie, but her hair is not one??? Also her saying biotin kept her hair is extremely sad because if those who are actually on chemo dealing w hair loss would see that and think that they made a mistake not knowing, or that it’s too late, OR take absurd amounts of biotin when their health is already compromised, just so reckless and dangerous of her to even say
As someone who is wrapping up their cancer journey this makes me absolutely sick. Never would wish this on my worse enemy 😔 There are a handful of people who can actually use that for real bills and survival. I hope she gets the right punishment
I lost a childhood friend to a rare and aggressive form of cancer this past November. She was diagnosed a month before her wedding at 29 years old and fought for 18 grueling months, flying from Chicago to Texas to take part in a clinical trial, putting herself at risk every time she got on a plane thanks to anti-maskers and anti-vaxxers. Everyone I know is still grieving her loss, I'm still grieving her loss, bouncing between numb and aching when I remember that she's gone.
To think about all the patients, families, and survivors who could have benefitted from the money and attention she received is infuriating.
❤❤ so sorry for your loss😢I wish you all peace
So sorry you are going through that. I lost a dear friend to cancer recently too, and it’s so brutal.
This is just sad, and the outcome of what social media can become and has become in a lot of ways, yes before people scammed and all that, but nowadays it's too easy to do and even easier for innocent people to get sucked into the scams. I really hope that justice is served on this one
I lost my father to cancer in 2020, he did not look this healthy, even before cancer treatment began. Once treatment began, he became almost unrecognisable. It was torment. This makes me so mad
While I don't have pancreatic cancer, I have grade 4 glioblastoma. Which has NO cure and it is terminal. I'm 32 years old. I cannot even IMAGINE faking it. Radiation took so much out of me, along with chemo and I start maintenance chemo soon. This case is so freaking disturbing I can barely handle it
i’m praying for you marissa i had a best friend with this cancer i really hope you are getting all the resources you need you will be in my prayers i hope you have a great support system around you sending love from a stranger ❤
@@samanthamonroe3826 thank you so much, Sam! I have a small, but very supportive system. So far I've had good results with my treatments, finished chemo radiation March 8 and start optune tomorrow. My doctors are pleased with my progress
@@marissam5410 I believe in you you’ll always be in my mind wishing for the best ❤️ don’t let statistics discourage you miracles do happen ❤️❤️❤️
@@samanthamonroe3826 I try to ignore the statistics as much as I can since there aren't many for my age range. & each individual's diagnosis is so different. Hoping I'm some crazy medical miracle lol
Sending you all my love and healing ❤
This is so unbelievably upsetting. My gf (27 yo) has stage 4 metastatic breast cancer ….like actually has it. And then there’s people
Like this. While others are literally fighting for their life. 😭😒😣
She has lovely white teeth. Amazing how they have survived constant vomiting and medication.🤦🏼♀️
me reading the title- oh nooooo
me watching the video- OH NOOOO
When I was going through chemo, I was very fortunate that my insurance covered every single treatment but if I hadn’t gotten it covered, between the treatments, blood work, radiation, doctor visits, etc. I would have owed $750k it makes me SICK that this girl faked it and made so many people feel for her
My nephew was on two different chemo treatments and he went through 6 weeks of daily radiation (5x a week) for brain cancer and he never lost his hair. My mom went through 6 rounds of radiation (I-129 and I-131) and 4 rounds of chemo and she still had hair. But it took like 15 yrs before it could grow past a certain length
every chemo is different! my dad didn’t lose hair bc he did radiation but my mom did with chemo! Every type of chemo is different, but she said hers did cause hair loss so it is def odd. Biotin wouldn’t have done crap for her hair loss
As someone who was a carer for folk with cancer this makes me so angry. I myself as so disabled now I cannot eat without help for my carer, I have been bed bound for years. I have such a hard time managing to afford money and meds (I can’t afford everything I need I just take what I can afford when I can) but I haven’t asked for help like this. It’s not right to me. So many people out there can’t afford any meds, they need help and cannot ever get it from anyone. I have no family to support me but I have a couple of good friends now, it’s an amazing thing. Her lying and stealing this money is horrific, it’s so hard for any of us to get help. What she did with this is sick
It's absolutely unreal. I've lost plenty of relatives to cancer and I know what it looks like to see a real patient suffer. Wow. Justice!!
I hope she gets what she deserves.
My mom had cancer. Stage 1 but it was literally the worse moment of *all* of our lives. To fake something like that is absolutely disgusting.
As someone who was diagnosed with cancer at the age of 23, it makes me so mad that someone would fake this to steal people’s money. Going through something like this is so devastating to someone’s life, and the fact that she pretended and took advantage of peoples’ kindness like this is despicable.
My great grandmother passed from pancreatic cancer. My mother said it was extremely painful for her and a terrible disease. My grandmother passed from lung cancer. IT IS NOT SOMETHING TO PLAY PRETEND WITH! That girl is sick!
My dad died with pancreatic cancer, he never referred to it as life changing because of all the lessons he was learning. It was awful and horrifying.
I have 2 kids going through the transplant process thanks to a rare genetic disorder. One of the last things I'm gonna do is take them out(or go myself) to be around a bunch of people unnecessarily to give a speech while they're going through treatment, and they're not even immunosuppressed yet!
I'm so sorry you and your kids have to go through that. My heart truly aches for you. You're an amazing mother
Prayers for your beautiful children's health and journey fighting for life 💕
Believe me, as an RN who also just cared for my hubby going through chemo/radiation, you do not feel good enough to put on make up/style your hair or make a bunch of tic tocks. My hubby lost 70lbs. And she made a big mistake by picking the worst of the worst, pancreatic cancer. Very rarely ever survivable. What makes me sick is that next she will probably blame it all on mental illness, another topic that is so misunderstood. This girl just makes me sick!! And the ppl in her close circle, who didn’t stop her are at fault too!🤮🤑👿
I work at a cancer center and the stuff these people go through is no joke… she makes me sick.
Also WHERE ARE HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS?????? Like you’re telling me that none of her fam or friends knew and/or said anything??????
My FAVORITE thing that happened when i was on chemo is that I lost my hair, it's been 6 years since my last chemo round and I still keep my head shaved bald! I wish more women would embrace the bald look, not even women on chemo just women in general!
I don't know her but I live in the Quad City area. My best friend's son graduated with her and also had a class with her at St Ambrose. She has not returned to class at least not in person. I'm very glad to see so much coverage on this. It's disgusting. My family has been hammered with cancer losses to include my father in law who passed away from pancreatic cancer a few years back.
Thank you for covering this story. I don’t know Madison, but I live in the same community. It makes me physically sick to think about her befriending others who actually had cancer particularly Charly (from the screenshot you included) - Charly was the most positive, brave, and beautiful human and it breaks my heart that someone took advantage of her. I hope you keep giving updates on this story as it progresses!
Ma'am had a tan in all her videos, freshly done makeup, thick asl hair, and didn't even lose weight. Cancer patients must have felt a slap in the face seeing someone with such a 'horrible diagnosis' leaving out their best life while they were begging God to keep them alive for another day. Sickening
My mom passed of pancreatic and liver cancer (both in stage 4 she was gone 2 weeks after being diagnosed) in 2013 when I was 13. This woman just makes me so angry and literally physically ill. I hope she does go to jail for it whether she was just doing it for attention or money I don’t really care. She deserves whatever is coming to her.
Not sure if anyone posted an update but she changed her plea to guilty. No word on sentencing yet. I guess she realized that her goose was cooked and there was no way a trial was going to win her any sympathy.
It appears she did this all over a guy. She faked a pregnancy in the past to try and get this guy to leave his wife (yes, she was sleeping with a married GRANDFATHER!) and this whole thing was for her to get some attention, get money to nest egg with him, and get him to leave his family. I'm not sure if he will be found liable in all of this but he did set up the go fund and bail her out of jail.
Of course this whole thing is god awful but there’s something so sinister to me about her “don’t comment on how I look you don’t know what goes on behind the scenes” bc that’s absolutely true for ppl with any sickness except for the fact that she’s lying but now it’s an almost bulletproof rebuttal for anyone questioning the fact that she isn’t sick like the mind games are wiiiiild
Wow. So much to unpack here! I'm an esthetician, and it is NOT recommended to self tan, nor take antioxidants during chemo, so that's shady off the rip!
As an Iowan and woman who had childhood cancer(acute lymphoblastic leukemia to be exact) from 17 to 19, nothing pisses me off more such as this. so fucked to say you have a sickness that affects so many people. My diagnosis may have been eight years ago, but I struggle with that shit every single day even NOW. Fuck, I’m angry, beautiful job, Isabella!!
I had a friend from high school friend that claimed she had terminal cancer, to the point that she would have people drive her to oncology and left in the car. Posted videos from Google, etc.
It’s was disgusting.
how do you wake up & decide to fake cancer? Sick! 🤢
As someone had to watch my father die from pancreatic cancer. This makes me absolutely disgusted and sick.
wow. these sort of scams break my heart. i don't know how someone can think to do something like this.
i just want to say that about her hair, my grandma was on chemo for about a year and a half before she died and she kept her whole head of hair, and she had a lot. it really depends on the type of cancer and the type of treatment, so all of the other red flags are more alarming to me. however, cancer still takes an obvious toll on your body. she looks no different than where she started.
She must have mental problems. Anyone with their right mind would have compassion.😊
This is why so many people are hesitant to donate to different causes. It’s sad to think someone would do something like this
This is infuriating. I watched my mother battle breast cancer twice and I wouldn’t wish anything she went through on anyone OR for anyone to watch their loved one go through. Absolutely sickening that she had the nerve to do this.
this makes me so sad 😞 how could she do this to people and lie to actual people who go through this. it’s so messed up and good that she was caught. her entire career is over and it will be so hard for her to ever find a job
Thanks for the reminder of why I stopped posting my medical journey online. I realized I was completely comfortable sharing anymore when people where questioning if I was sick or not. It’s hard enough to be sick and not get doctors to listen but for other to question it or worse steal and profit off it…
This makes me so mad. My mom died of pancreatic cancer. Glad to see this chick is keeping up with her spray tan.
I swear, if Netflix gives her 300K to adapt her story ...
They will. You know they will 😂
How are humans this abominable and cruel ? 🤬. After caretaking several family members that had cancer, I am left with such extreme emotions towards her lies. And on the flip side, I hope she gets the help she needs.
Seeing my gramma when she had cancer pass, my mom who does and my uncle who passed as well, this is such a sick thing for someone to do. She deserves everything taken from her.
I really love the way you cover scams, even separated from the MLM world! So happy to see you talk about this bonkers case.
I'm not in Healthcare in any capacity.. but if one had a tumor the size of a football on their spine.. would that not be visible by way of lump or hump or something from her back?? I mean a football is rather LARGE in terms of something foreign growing inside your body.
Gawd sorry made my last comment all "me me me" THANK YOU ISABELLA for bringing this BS to the masses. Bringing life to it. You bring the facts and in such a way that's to the point, entertaining and super helpful. You're amazing and so pretty 😍
This reminds me of the ‘Scamanda’ podcast that is out there right now, during the blog era. This is an old grift. The thing that makes me sick is pancreatic cancer is almost always fatal. What was her plan for that in the long-term, beside giving potentially false hope??
This story completely sickens me! My dad is in remission from non-hodgkins lymphoma stage 4, he still isnt fully back to how he used to be 3 years on from his diagnosis and probably never will be. I have seen first hand how it affected him and it was honestly horrific watching him go through treatment. My uncle has battled a brain tumor on and off for over 10 years and is still fighting now. There are people like this who take advantage and it's completely inexcusable! Thank you for talking about this ❤
My brother had JRA (he was so sick that he stopped growing), and he was actually put on chemotherapy. He was really REALLY sick. He is in remission now, but when he was sick we were in hospitals all the time. For her to exploit cancer, or any serious illness, is insulting to everyone who has had to fight for their life in a hospital, and to the families that spent hours watching their loved one suffer!
I have lupus and RA. Chemo is insane. I was on a slightly lower dose than cancer patients and it still sucked the life out of me, it’s no joke!
You are correct, if you do not prime the feeding tube, you will fill your stomach with air.
You don't have to have a port. I didn't but it was highly recommended.
I remember watching her and reporting her for scamming to tiktok on like her first "medical" pic
lol if oleplex could prevent chemo-related hair loss, I think everyone would know about it. To be fair, some chemo drugs are less likely to cause hair loss than others, but that would have nothing to do with oleplex. Why didn't she just say she didn't get chemo?
And when people lose hair from chemo, it's not just gentle thinning. It DISAPPEARS in CLUMPS. Within a week or two. It's traumatizing.
@@lmsmith015 Exactly. My aunt was shiny bald and had no eyebrows or eyelashes!
Wow! I have no words. Makes me wonder if her parents or friends believed her or if they knew it was fake. Just wow!
Of course they knew. She posted it on her Facebook.
I’m a RN and I knew immediately that the port was fake….. that’s a very very sterile thing…and it certainly wouldn’t look like that…..and that fake feeding tube placement 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️ I hope she goes to jail and is ordered to pay back every dime
The white clamp jammed under the tape was a dead giveaway for me 😅
@@amymckay23 😂🤣😂🤣😂 right Amy, like shit if your going to fake something better make it look real 🤣😂
We prime a feeding tube prior to use so we don’t pump the patient full of air and cause them pain. The chemo regimes for pancreatic cancer generally result in significant hair loss. Source hospice nurse and BIL died of pancreatic cancer as bald as a billard from chemotherapy
My dad had a rare stomach cancer and that was horrible and scary news to hear . Luckily he was able to get it all with surgery and no chemo but it was still very difficult for our family to walk through. Definitely not something to joke about or gain money from , so sad that someone would pretend to have cancer!
On Christmas my cousin was told she has less than a year to live. The fact that shes going through so much she remains positive. The fact that someone can honestly do this is disgusting. What in the world goes through someones brain to even THINK of this idea.
This is sick and it hits to close to home.
My father had insurance, but it sucked.
Not only did my parents go through their life savings, my husband(the sweetest man on earth) & I gave up our savings for us to buy a home. We moved in with my parents.
In order for them not to lose their home, & for us to help.
All in the name of keeping my father alive!
He fought hard, then lost the battle after 3 & 1/2 years.
I seen my dad go through living hell!
Which I can't even go into details it's just too painful.
Where I can even image a person who is going through their own living hell, & seeing this psycho, cold hearted B, fake this & collect money. When there is people going through their own living hell and still have to worry about how they're going to pay for treatment that will keep them alive.
If you sent on the heated I am.
Hopefully she gets the full extend of the law, they can punished her with.
I feel like these kind of scams are fairly common but most go under the radar because they don’t get nearly as much for nearly as long.
My dad had a port when he was going through cancer treatment and it never looked messy like that. You’d never know he had one until he was getting treatment. Same with the other patients too.
It’s so gross to me how someone could fake having cancer and going through treatment. Unfortunately my dad lost his battle with cancer, but it is such a hard thing to watch someone go through the treatment. ❤
I have a feeling this stuff is more common than many of us realize, but now with the internet, it’s a different game.
I first heard of this on the channel ‘Keyasworld’ she covers internet scammers, grifters, occasionally MLM related stuff. The more reporters, the better ❤
You did such great research on this! For not knowing about the medical devices, you did well trying to convey the incorrect use of each of them.
as a loose comment while im watching, obv not every cancer patient goes through hair loss. but its SO funny when she said she was taking Oral chemo (pills) but has a port? Like my chemo was 15 years ago so sure things could have definitely changed up. but why would you have a port when your taking chemotherapy via oral medication mvfbsdjhbsdj
As someone who has dealt with pancreatitis & pancreas problems in general for over 7 years. This is sick. This is nothing to joke around about. I’ve been hospitalized so many times for it. It has affected my GI system so much.
My mom was able to have cryotherapy while receiving chemo and she was able to keep a lot of her hair! It’s like a hat she could wear during treatment
I'm tube fed due to total gastrointestinal paralysis and that was not a proper tube feed nor port - tube feeds are like pale yellow ish colour and you'd see it! Hate to see people lie about health conditions esp the C word. Just disgusting
I thought of Münchausen Syndrome when I watched this video. I don’t know if she ever actually went to medical providers as part of her scheme but I work for a Blue Cross and I have seen a few cases of Münchausen Syndrome. I’m not aware of any Münchausen by Proxy, thank God. That would just send me. I barely made it through Covid, the calls from our Medicare patients (and their families reporting their passing) were heartbreaking.
I see a lot of RX drug abuse. When the same person calls in wanting another early refill because they dropped their bottle of opioids in the tub or lost them for the 3rd time this year we can’t do anything. Especially with narcotics. The laws are very clear.
I’m in recovery myself (15 years) so I have a lot of empathy for people suffering from addiction to rx drugs. The good news is that there is help out there for these people when they are ready.
She certainly doesn’t look ill. ! Hope she is punished for this situation. Shame on her!😢
this stuff is so batshit crazy to me. my father battled with pancreatic cancer and it wasn’t an easy diagnosis to reach even when he had been suffering from visible illness…. to watch someone say they’re dealing with that when they’re not and look healthy doing all this is disgusting
I lost my mom to pancreatic cancer 5 months after being diagnosed and suffering through chemo treatments. I've lost several other family members to other types of cancer. This is disgusting and makes me sick.
That’s disgusting. She disgusts me. I lost my grandmother to pancreatic cancer.
What kind of sociopath….? How? Whaaaa? Totally evil!!
As a cancer survivor who received both chemo and radiation I'm questioning the port thing. If she was on oral chemo what would be the reason for having one? I'm not familiar with this whole scandal but this upsets me a great deal. Worst year of my life. I wouldn't wish this kind of agony on my worst enemy
As someone who has had her own cancer diagnosis not too long ago this is extremely disgusting. Im lucky enough to say that I’m on the mend but the path that i had to walk to get here was not pretty and it’s gonna take a long time to get my old life back if that is even possible. And I’m still one of the lucky ones because there’s people out there who will never get better. To think that somebody would fake having cancer for their own benefit and use other peoples photos who are ACTUALLY battling cancer is blowing my mind. I hope she gets faced with the consequences of her actions and that she will one day realize how disgusting this is.