23-year-old who died of cancer after refusing chemo had ‘five coffee enemas a day’
A 23-year-old British woman who died after refusing conventional cancer treatment was allegedly undergoing “five coffee enemas a day” under the care of her mother, a controversial health influencer.
Paloma Shemirani’s brother made the claim this week during an inquest into her death, which came seven months after doctors told the Cambridge graduate she had an 80% chance of surviving non-Hodgkin lymphoma with chemotherapy, according to the BBC.
Instead, she pursued an unproven alternative cancer regimen promoted by her mother, Kate Shemirani, who claimed to have used it successfully in the past.
Paloma died of a heart attack on July 24 last year, caused by an untreated tumor.
In written statements before her death, she denied having cancer at all, calling the diagnosis an “absurd fantasy, with no proof,” per the BBC. She also expressed fears that chemotherapy might leave her infertile.
“I do not want to undergo such a harsh treatment that could even kill me when there is a possibility this is not cancer,” she wrote.
Her parents, Kate and Faramarz Shemirani, told the BBC they believe Paloma “died as a result of medical interventions given without confirmed diagnosis or lawful consent.” The outlet has not been able to substantiate their claims.
Paloma’s brothers, Sebastian and Gabriel, have publicly blamed their mother for fostering her distrust in modern medicine.
“My sister has passed away as a direct consequence of my mum’s actions and beliefs and I don’t want anyone else to go through the same pain or loss that I have,” Gabriel told the BBC.
Growing up in the small Sussex town of Uckfield, Gabriel said the “soundtrack” to their household included conspiracy theorist Alex Jones — with claims that the Sandy Hook school shooting was staged and that 9/11 “was an inside job.”
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