TikTok star Dr. Kimberley Nix has died aged 31 three years after being diagnosed with metastatic sarcoma.
Kimberley Nix has announced her own death on TikTok (Picture: @cancerpatientmd)
The 31-year-old doctor rose to fame on social media in 2021 as she, then 28 and in her final three of her internal medicine core residency, began documenting her cancer journey online.
She confirmed the news of her own death on Wednesday in a devastating video shared with her 137,000 followers on TikTok.
In a clip which has already been seen over six million times, she said: ‘Hello followers, if you’re seeing this message I have passed away peacefully.
‘For those of you who don’t know me, my name is Kim, hi! It’s so nice to meet you and you’re welcome to check out all the cool sarcoma facts, information and my lived experience with death and dying with sarcoma cancer.
‘You don’t have to go just because you’re new.’
The doctor shared her journey on social media after being diagnosed in 2021 (Picture: @cancerpatientmd)
Nix, who got married to her husband Michael MacIsaac in February, told her fans that she had a ‘very beautiful life’.
She also reflected on the items she managed to tick off her ‘bucket list’ before her death.
‘I got to get engaged, get married, I went to New York City, and it was like Gossip Girl,’ she recalled. ‘I was dining at Michelin star restaurants, which was so cool. I also went to Broadway, which was a dream of mine.’
She was also able to go to the ‘mountains, San Francisco, and a winery’.
She hailed her husband as her ‘most beautiful love’, and broke down in tears as she spoke about their relationship.
She got married to Michael in Februayr (Picture: @cancerpatientmd)
Nix was able to experience a lot of items on her ‘bucket list’ (Picture: @cancerpatientmd)
‘My only sadness about dying is that we won’t get to grow old together,’ she admitted. ‘Everything else, is totally bearable. That is the only thing that really matters.’
Nix also thanked everyone for giving her the chance to ‘find so much purpose’ after her diagnosis.
She added: ‘I love you all, thank you so much for this amazing opportunity. I’m in happy tears because you’ve all made me find so much purpose in the end of my life.’
Sharing her story gave her ‘purpose’ (Picture: @cancerpatientmd)
In the caption to the video, Nix revealed how the support from her followers gave her strength during her illness.
My journey here is over and I can’t thank each and every one of you enough. You have all made me so happy and your comments and support are more than enough to have gotten anyone through anything,’ she wrote.
‘If you wish, please donate through my link in bio to sarcoma cancer research and follow my husband [Michael MacIsaac] in his updates.’
