US woman writes heartbreaking note to friends days before dying of cancer. 'If you're reading this...'

Casey McIntyre died at her New York home due to ovarian cancer. (Image: caseyrmcintyre/Instagram)

A woman from Brooklyn took to Instagram to share the news of her own death, days before passing away due to ovarian cancer. Casey McIntyre, 38, died at her home in New York on November 12.

The heartbreaking post by McIntyre featured several pictures of herself with her family – her husband and two children. “A note to my friends: if you’re reading this it means I have passed away. I’m so sorry, it’s horse**** and we both know it. The cause was a recurrence of my previously diagnosed stage four ovarian cancer,” she wrote.

“I loved each and every one of you with my whole heart and I promise you, I knew how deeply I was loved. 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,” McIntyre added.

An editor’s note written by her husband Andrew was also seen below. He mentioned that Casey wanted to finish the post with a list of all things that gave comfort and joy to her during her life. But, she couldn’t because her health deteriorated.

“Casey meant to finish this post with a list of things that were a comfort & a joy to her during her life, and I am heartbroken that I will never see that list. As she grew sicker she couldn’t finish it. 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,” it read.

According to the note, a memorial service will be held in Casey’s honour in December. “A memorial service & debt jubilee in Casey’s honour will take place at 3pm on Saturday, December 2nd at the Prospect Park Boathouse. We will celebrate her life by anonymously purchasing medical debt and then anonymously forgiving it, hopefully with a bonfire if they will let us,” he wrote while concluding the post.

Casey’s obituary was also published by Publishers Weekly and mentioned that she was a publisher at Razorbill, an imprint of Penguin Random House. It also talked about Casey’s childhood and that she grew up in Manhattan, and later in Tenafly, New Jersey.

“McIntyre launched her children’s book career at Penguin Young Readers where she swiftly gained increasing responsibilities as she worked on campaigns and helped launch the career of bestselling author Richelle Mead (Vampire Academy) and worked with such authors as Marie Lu and Loren Long. In early 2012, McIntyre moved to HarperCollins Children’s Books as publicity manager, spearheading the campaigns for the blockbuster Divergent trilogy by Veronica Roth as well as for Katherine Applegate’s 2013 Newbery-winning novel The One and Only Ivan and books by Stefan Bachmann and Terry Pratchett, among others,” the obituary added.