Terminally ill Jemma McGowan has  been told she “looks too good to be dying of cancer” because she doesn’t leave the house without wearing makeup

A mum-of-three with cancer has told of her  abuse from cruel strangers , who think she looks ‘too good’ to be ill.

Jemma McGowan was diagnosed with stage 4 ovarian cancer in February 2021 and has only being given time until May 2022 to live.

After documenting her cancer journey on Instagram, she have received abuse by cruel strangers who claim she’s “faking it.”

Jemma has three children Sadie, Louis and Betty. She is desperate to see them grow up for as long as possible.

She said: “I get sent at least one nasty comment per week on social media.

“I regularly get told that I’m faking having cancer. And there’s someone else who keeps telling me that I don’t have terminal cancer as I look too good to be ill.

“I don’t really get upset or let it get to me as what they’re saying isn’t true. Strangers don’t know what they’re talking about. I feel like writing back ‘what more proof do you want? Do you want my blood? If I could give it to you I would!’”

Jemma was first diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2016, when six weeks pregnant with her second child with her now-husband Clive, who she married in 2018.

She told: “I get sent at least one nasty comment per week on social media.

“I regularly get told that I’m faking having cancer. And there’s someone else who keeps telling me that I don’t have terminal cancer as I look too good to be ill.

“I don’t really get upset or let it get to me as what they’re saying isn’t true. Strangers don’t know what they’re talking about. I feel like writing back ‘what more proof do you want? Do you want my blood? If I could give it to you I would!’”

She questioned with her midwife, and she was fast-tracked for an MRI scan and admitted to the hospital to receive steroid treatment to get her baby ready for an early planned C section, which took place just weeks later.

Just after 24 hours of giving birth, Jemma was told that her cancer had returned and this time with a tumor in her left lung and multiple tumors in her pelvic and pubic bones.

Jemma said: “The words that stand out to me were: incurable, aggressive and acting unusually.

“I started chemotherapy when Betty was just two-weeks-old but I was not prepared to give up and tell my babies that I’m going to die. I knew then I was going to fight this.”

Then in May 2021, the oncologist team discovered three new tumors growing in Jemma’s body, and they explained that as the chemo wasn’t working, they wouldn’t be able to continue with her treatment.

They advised her to “get her affairs” in order, giving her a prognosis of just 3-15 months to live.

Jemma started to research alternative treatments for cancer. She decided to document her journey on Instagram.

She also found a controversial clinic in Mexico that offered alternative therapies for cancer but the trip would set the couple back £90,000.

She said, “Clive and I flew out to Mexico in June 2021, where the doctors there set me up with a protocol and, in my case, it’s all natural supplements,”

“I take a lot of repurposed drugs and medicines that aren’t passed by FDA so they aren’t approved or available in this country, and are in clinical trials,” explained Jemma.

“I get medication from Mexico every six months, and then medication from London every eight weeks. It costs me about £2,500 every month. Fundraising is quite literally a lifeline.

“I recently got back from going to Mexico for the second time and it’s given me a reboost and encouraged me to keep on track. I don’t see dying in May as an option.

“My diet is also very strict – I have no sugar, no white carbs, no cow’s dairy and no meat protein. I do a lot of juicing and a lot of fasting.”