Love Island star Molly-Mae has sent a heartfelt message to a university student who has battled breast cancer at the age of 22.
Ellie Graham, 22, from Old Swan, received the devastating news she had stage three breast cancer on September 27 last year.
The 22-year-old John Moores University student, had just returned home from a holiday in Ibiza with her boyfriend Joey and friends, when she was given the diagnosis.
After experiencing shooting pains in her breast in September, Ellie decided to check her breasts for any lumps and to her surprise, she found a lump no bigger than the size of a pea.
The 22-year-old was told by doctors that the lump was most likely a cyst which was nothing to worry about but she was referred to a breast clinic for further tests.
On September 27, Ellie went to collect the results with her boyfriend at the Royal Liverpool Hospital, where she was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer.
Since then, the 22-year-old has had a biopsy to remove the cancer and has undergone radio therapy.
And on Friday, February 21, Ellie finished her last session of radio therapy at the Clatterbridge Cancer Centre in Aintree.
This means the 22-year-old has been given the brilliant news that she has the all clear.
Love Island star Molly-Mae Hague was amongst the celebrities to message Ellie, after watching a video of her ringing the bell at Clatterbridge Hospital on social media.
In a message to Ellie on Instagram, Molly-Mae said: "Biggest congratulations to you my sweet girl.
"The video of you ringing the bell made me cry.
"Sending you lots of love."
The video has been viewed over a million times in total on social media, with Love Island star Chris Hughes also sending Ellie a message with love hearts.
Ellie said: "Over a million people have watched it, it's amazing.
"When I rang the bell the relief I felt, it was amazing.
"Over twenty of my friends and family were there to watch me ring it.
"You read a poem out before you do it and I couldn't even get my words out."
On Friday night, February 21, a huge surprise party was held for Ellie at The Isla Gladstone Conservatory in Stanley Park, organised by her best friend Michka Munro and her cousin Zoe.
Ellie said: "I've never seen a party like it. Over 200 people turned up.
"The whole of Liverpool came together. People donated all kinds of different things - balloons, cakes, a photo booth, a flower wall.
"People offered to make me dresses, a singer played for free and a saxophone player, it was absolutely unbelievable.
"Every single person said it was the best party they've ever been to."
Ellie hopes her story will help to raise awareness of breast cancer and the signs that women of all ages should look out for.
She said: "It's bizarre that you don't start having routine mammograms until you're fifty when I'm only 22 and I got diagnosed.
"I know other young girls who are only in their 30s who go to the support group I go to and they have breast cancer too.
"If you're worried about something, even if the doctors tell you it is just a cyst, push for a biopsy."
Ellie added: "If they hadn't done a biopsy on me I would've just accepted that it was a cyst and not thought about it again.
"But the doctors told me I was lucky to have found it at that stage because if it had spread to my lymph nodes it could've spread around my body."
She said: "It still doesn't feel real. I can't believe how long it's been since I was first diagnosed, I just been in a bubble.
"I feel like it's going to take a long time for me to get back to normal and to feel back to normal."
