TikTok star Dominique McShain dies aged 21 after colon cancer diagnosis
She 'squeezed every bit out of life'.
A TikTok influencer who documented her bowel cancer diagnosis has died aged 21.
Dominique McShane was only 20 years old when she was told she had ‘incurable’ colorectal cancer that had spread to her liver in April last year.
McShane, who was from Christchurch in New Zealand, had been studying to be a psychologist before receiving the devastating diagnosis.
Soon after her cancer was discovered, she began documenting her treatment online, gaining almost 200,000 followers on TikTok.
Although she was initially told she had up to five years to live, she died this month, just over a year since her diagnosis.
Posting a ‘final update’ to Instagram, she told her followers she didn’t have long to live.
She was diagnosed with incurable bowel cancer last year (Picture: Dominique McShane/ Instagram)‘I have recently been given a prognosis about 5 days ago of only a few days to a few weeks to live,” she wrote.
‘My liver is rapidly failing to the point of jaundice and the cancer is progressing quickly.
‘Because of this I am no longer able to receive any treatments, including the chemo I’ve been on for 7 months over the last year.’
She continued: ‘At this point I’ve transitioned to end of life care, focusing on pain relief and managing side effects, with so much time spent in both the hospital and hospice facilities.’#
McShane wrote an emotional statement in the days before her death(Picture: Dominique McShane/ Instagram)
