- Liv Cripps has had lymph nodes removed
- Wife of footy star Jamie is battling cancer
- The footy world has rallied around the mum of two
The wife of footy star Jamie Cripps has shared an update after she went through surgery amid her cancer battle.
Liv Cripps took to Instagram on Monday to reveal that she had lymph nodes removed after she was diagnosed with thyroid cancer back in 2021.
Sharing a selfie from her hospital bed, Liv, who is married to West Coast Eagles star Jamie, urged her followers to get checked by a doctor if they find any unusual bumps.
‘Round 2 and a few less lymph nodes later,’ she said. ‘This is your reminder to get those lumps and bumps checked!! #f*cancer,’ she said.
Liv, a mum of two, can be seen wearing a hospital gown with a bandage across her neck in the photo.
The footy world has rallied around the Cripps family ever since Liv’s diagnosis three years ago.
Emmi Masten, the wife of Jamie’s teammate Chris, said: ‘Liv I’m so sorry to hear this!! Sending all the love to you.’
Jack Darling’s wife Courtney wrote: ‘Love you my strong brave friend.’
Liv has been very open in discussing her cancer ordeal. She revealed that she learnt of her diagnosis just two weeks before her wedding.
‘At the age of 26, (cancer) is just the furthest thing from your mind,’ she said.
‘It was the last thing I was expecting — Jamie went grey, I was in shock. It was such an emotional time.’
Liv said she first noticed a lump while taking a shower.
She then went to visit a doctor a few weeks later after noticing it had grown in size.
‘The lady (doing the scan) went a bit weird and it was taking forever, so I just felt like, something doesn’t feel right here,’ she remembers.
‘You hear the word, ‘cancer’ and you immediately think of the worst-case scenario.
‘It was just a very sad time. Even telling close friends and family, that was the worst thing. I don’t think either of us could get the words out without crying.’
After receiving a good prognosis, Liv waited until after her wedding to get treatment.
The five year survival rate for women with papillary thyroid cancer is 97 per cent, according to Cancer Council.