LOVE Island's Samie Elishi whitethorn look similar she doesn't person a attraction successful the world, arsenic she lives it up successful the All Stars villa.
However, immoderate fans whitethorn not cognize that the bombshell went done a terrifying crab scare which saw her acquisition surgery.
All Stars bombshell Samie archetypal opened up astir her crab scare successful April 2023.
She sought aesculapian proposal aft Love Island viewers pointed retired that they could spot a lump erstwhile she was appearing connected the winter mentation of the show.
The erstwhile property cause past decided to spell get it checked out.
GOING FOR TESTS
Samie's doctors instantly sent her for tests and a biopsy.
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The reality prima was near with a achy looking bruise pursuing the procedure.
Samie told fans: "Thyroid update - bruise from the biopsy is truly coming retired now.
"Still waiting for a country date."
The lump was fixed a people 3 by doctors, and determination was interest she had thyroid cancer.
Fighting backmost the tears, Samie told fans: "Mine was a 'grey area' truthful they couldn't archer - truthful they're not sure. They weren't definite if it is cancerous if it's not.
"So I person to person my fractional of my thyroid removed."
Love Island prima breaks down arsenic she opens up astir crab scare aft discovering lump connected her neck
HAVING SURGERY
Samie underwent surgery successful July 2023, truthful doctors could find if the lump was cancerous oregon benign.
Updating fans aft the operation, the TV prima showed disconnected a tiny bandage crossed her cervix arsenic she recovered successful a infirmary bed.
Next to picture, Samie wrote: "Surgery implicit guys!
"I consciousness perfectly fine, nary drainage was needed oregon anything. I'm precise lucky.
"I'm present connected remainder work but volition beryllium vlogging the recovery. Every time I person soo galore supportive messages from you guys.
"Me raising consciousness has pb to immoderate of you having this country and getting lumps successful your necks checked. If I tin assistance 1 idiosyncratic that's enough."
She ended the lengthy station with: "My cervix is presently inactive healing and this archetypal representation was taken contiguous aft I removed the bandage but I couldn’t beryllium happier with however neat it is."
GETTING HER RESULTS
In August 2023, Samie revealed the results of her surgery successful a candid YouTube video.
She bravely showed her scar pursuing her Hemithyroidectomy cognition and said that the tumour successful her cervix was benign and not cancerous.
Sami told fans: "We person conscionable got immoderate truly bully news, my surgeon has conscionable called maine and said that the lump successful my cervix is not cancerous and it's conscionable a benign tumour.
"So we person Prosecco to celebrate!"
Thyroid crab facts
The thyroid gland is recovered astatine the basal of your cervix astatine the front, conscionable down the hollow wherever your collarbones meet.
It is simply a butterfly-shaped gland that makes and releases hormones that modulate your bosom rate, blood pressure, assemblage somesthesia and weight.
It is made up of 2 lobes connected by a span of tissue.
Thyroid crab doesn't usually contiguous immoderate signs oregon symptoms aboriginal successful the disease.
It is usually recovered erstwhile patients are undergoing ultrasounds, CT scans oregon MRIs for an unrelated reason.
As the crab grows it whitethorn cause;
- A lump that tin beryllium felt oregon is disposable done the tegument connected your neck
- A alteration to your voice
- Difficulty swallowing
- A mysterious cough
- Pain successful your cervix and throat
Later connected successful the video, successful a country which saw her applying her make-up, Samie continued: "I conscionable wanted to adjacent disconnected the vlog connected the highest enactment ever.
"I was conscionable truthful blessed erstwhile my surgeon called maine yesterday.
"It was a spot overwhelming I was successful truthful overmuch daze - bless him to telephone maine straight arsenic well, I conscionable deliberation that was truthful nice of him, helium didn't person to bash that.
"But yea the interest is present implicit and the lump is out.
"Obviously it's benign which means determination was thing to interest astir astatine the extremity of the day.
"But it's ever bully to get these things checked and taken retired due to the fact that you ne'er cognize what it could beryllium successful the future.
"It's conscionable a truly large information precaution.
"I don't regret having the country and I don't regret having the lump retired but onwards and upwards.
"The results couldn't beryllium immoderate amended - it's not cancerous and that was my main worry."