Casey McIntyre, a book publisher, shared a social media post she composed before she died from ovarian cancer. In addition to writing her own death announcement, as a way to honor her memory, she encouraged people to donate to a fund to help pay off other people's medical debt.
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She shared a touching message for friends and followers
"A note to my friends: If you’re reading this it means I have passed away. I’m so sorry, it’s horses–t and we both know it," her note began. "The cause was a recurrence of my previously diagnosed stage four ovarian cancer."
According to the RIP Medical Debt page set up in her name, McIntyre was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2019.
She unfortunately didn't get to finish the note
"I loved each and every one of you with my whole heart and I promise you, I knew how deeply I was loved," she wrote.
"The five months in home hospice that I got to spend with my family and friends in Virginia, Rhode Island, and New York were magical," she continued.
Concluding her message, an "editors note" revealed to her followers that she had meant to finish the note, but "as she grew sicker she couldn’t finish it."
Her husband stepped in and took over
Her husband, Andrew Rose Gregory, finished the note, writing "I imagine it would’ve included our daughter Grace, whales, ice cream, her beloved friends, being at the beach, her niece and nephews she incorrigibly doted on, reading 10 books on a weeklong vacation, her beloved parents and sister and their amazing extended family, swimming, a perfect roast beef sandwich, and me, her sweet sweet honey."
"Oh Casey!!!! I don’t know how we will do it without you but we will," he wrote.
She had a request for those who knew her
"to celebrate my life, I've arranged to buy up others' medical debt and then destroy the debt. I am so lucky to have had access to the best medical care at @MSKCancerCenter and am keenly aware that so many in our country don't have access to good care," she wrote in the tweet thread of her death announcement.
As of November 15, the fund had raised $45,000 of the $50,000 goal.
