Kellie Finlayson shares 'reality' of how she spent Melbourne Cup during her bowel and lung cancer battle

Kellie Finlayson, the wife of AFL star Jeremy Finlayson, has shared a candid video about spending Melbourne Cup day undergoing treatment for cancer.

While many big names attended the celebrations, the author, 29, who is living with stage 4 bowel cancer that metastasised in her lungs, bravely shared a 'reality' clip of her day as someone living with a serious illness.

However, Finlayson was upbeat in her video, smiling and laughing as she danced to Taylor Swift's hit The Fate of Ophelia, with fans praising her for being so strong.

Watch the video above.

Finlayson was seen in a blue dress with what appeared to be a chemotherapy port in her chest before heading to the hospital.

"Hahaha my Melb Cup Tuesday reality is so vastly different to what you'd expect or [for] a 20 something year old…. Wild," she captioned the post.

One follower wrote underneath: "Go girl ❤️ keep on vibing and helping us others going through the same thing. You're an inspiration stay strong."

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"How do you bring such positive vibes to chemo?" another added.

Kellie was diagnosed with cancer in 2021, just three months after giving birth.

She discussed her diagnosis on Ant Middleton's Nova podcast Head Game, speaking about her chemotherapy treatment and just how hard it was.

"I lost a s--t ton of weight. I mean, I had a stoma, so I had a foreign object on my stomach," she said.

"I wasn't the normal mum that [my daughter] should have had, but I was as good as I possibly could be. It was hard.

"I was allergic to one of the strands of that chemotherapy, which is why, when I did relapse, I had to change chemotherapy, which meant I lost my hair.

"I was on my deathbed. I was getting anaphylactic reactions every three weeks to this chemotherapy. So I was essentially dying every three weeks, just to get better."

For cancer information and support call Cancer Council's 13 11 20 Information and Support line.

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