Annabelle Schofield has revealed her battle with cancer is “not over yet” in a heartbreaking final post.
On January 20, a month before her death, she took to Instagram to update her “dear friends and followers” on “the latest developments, especially regarding (her) recent surgery.”
“I was so excited to finally get it done, but I’m not out of the woods yet. I’m feeling very groggy and now waiting to find out if I need more chemo or radiation,” the “Dallas” actress captioned a close-up selfie.
“I swear, this disease never seems to end. I’m hoping the MRI this week will give me a clear picture.”
Schofield then directed people to the GoFundMe link in his bio, saying, “Every donation, big or small, helps.”
“I’m so tired of asking for help, but I have no other choice until I get back to work. Lots of love to everyone who has helped so far. Thank you for everything ❤️,” she concluded her post, which was her last.
The same day, she shared an update on her GoFundMe page about having raised $34,898 of the $40,000 raised, detailing that she had a “large mass inside (her) nasal cavity” removed.
The ear, nose and throat doctor noticed that the mass had grown by 5 centimeters and told her to go to the hospital for “emergency surgery” next. That made her feel “terrified.”
He woke up in the ICU with a “severe bloody nose,” but was sent home the next day with “just Motrin and Tylenol to manage the pain.”
The model-turned-actress said a friend took care of her for three days and said: “It was amazing.” However, she explained that she felt “still quite light-headed and weak” when alone.
At the time, Ms Schofield was scheduled to undergo another test to “make sure all the cancer had been removed” and was hopeful that she would “finally get over the last hurdle and be able to get back to a normal, fulfilling life soon”.
On Tuesday, The Hollywood Reporter reported that Scofield died on February 28 in Los Angeles.
At the time, she was battling cancer, which had been diagnosed three years earlier and had eventually spread to her brain. She was 62 years old.
Melissa Richardson, owner of Take Two Agency, the firm that represented Schofield early in his career, led the memorial effort.
“She was no different from the sweet 17-year-old Welsh girl I first met,” she said. “She was genuine, caring, and above all fiercely beautiful. She knew her craft. She was the best.”
