{"id":88025,"date":"2023-11-25T09:26:53","date_gmt":"2023-11-25T09:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/?p=88025"},"modified":"2023-11-25T09:26:53","modified_gmt":"2023-11-25T09:26:53","slug":"health-app-founder-dies-after-a-brain-tumour-battle-aged-36","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/world-news\/health-app-founder-dies-after-a-brain-tumour-battle-aged-36\/","title":{"rendered":"Health app founder dies after a brain tumour battle aged 36"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Health app founder dies after a brain tumour battle aged 36 &#8211; just years after her husband died following rare cancer in his abdomen<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Wholesome World founder Freyja Hanstein has died after a brain tumour battle<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>She was diagnosed with the tumour one year after her husband died from cancer<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mrs Hanstein, 36, thought she was clear in 2019 after treatment\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Health app founder\u00a0Freyja Hanstein has died after a brain tumour battle &#8211; just a few years after her husband died following a rare cancer in his abdomen.<\/p>\n<p>Mrs Hanstein, 36, founded the NHS-approved health app Wholesome World after she tragically lost her husband Lars, then aged 28, to cancer one month after they married in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>The following year, she was diagnosed with a brain tumour when she was just 26.<\/p>\n<p>Still dealing with the loss of her soulmate, she was forced to &#8216;put a padlock on her grief&#8217; and fight her own health battle &#8211; which led to the creation of her &#8216;cancer-fighting&#8217; app that would help generations to come.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Wholesome World confirmed their founder died &#8216;peacefully in her sleep&#8217; on November 16 after experiencing &#8216;complications&#8217; from a recurrence of her tumour.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/21\/15\/78067069-12775825-image-a-102_1700581416841.jpg\" height=\"951\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Health app founder Freyja Hanstein has died after a brain tumour battle &#8211; just a few years after her husband died following a rare cancer in his abdomen<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/21\/15\/78067055-12775825-image-a-103_1700581423224.jpg\" height=\"357\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mrs Hanstein, 36, founded the NHS-approved health app Wholesome World after she tragically lost her husband Lars, 28, to cancer one month after they married in 2014<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/21\/15\/78067049-12775825-image-a-104_1700581425790.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Still dealing with the loss of her soulmate, she was forced to &#8216;put a padlock on her grief&#8217; and fight her own health battle &#8211; which led to the creation of her &#8216;cancer-fighting&#8217; app\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/21\/15\/78067047-12775825-image-a-109_1700581459677.jpg\" height=\"845\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Wholesome World confirmed their founder died &#8216;peacefully in her sleep&#8217; on November 16 after experiencing &#8216;complications&#8217; from a recurrence of her tumour<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/21\/15\/78067427-12775825-image-a-113_1700581695330.jpg\" height=\"464\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The company posted a touching tribute to their founder as they confirmed she passed away<\/p>\n<p>Mrs Hanstein met her husband while touring Indonesia in 2011, and said he turned up in London moments after she got home.<\/p>\n<p>Lars had already struggled through his first cancer diagnosis in 2010, before he met the health app founder, which was considered &#8216;cured&#8217; by way of an operation and chemotherapy.<\/p>\n<p>But the Synovial Sarcoma cancer &#8211; commonly found in the joints but in Lars&#8217; case appeared in his abdomen &#8211; returned in 2012 when he turned 26.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s rare, aggressive and normally surgically removed,&#8217; the widow said at the time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;But the placement of Lars&#8217; cancer made it difficult to take out&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple rounds of chemotherapy were unsuccessful, even when he put a strong focus on fitness, his diet and mental health.<\/p>\n<p>He died on November 6, 2014, one month after the couple got married.<\/p>\n<p>Mrs Hanstein&#8217;s own diagnosis was a &#8216;heavy hit&#8217; a year later, as hospital staff informed her she had high grade Oligodendroglioma.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/21\/15\/78067051-12775825-image-a-107_1700581450361.jpg\" height=\"845\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mrs Hanstein&#8217;s own diagnosis was a &#8216;heavy hit&#8217; a year later, as hospital staff informed her she had high grade Oligodendroglioma<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/21\/15\/78067059-12775825-image-a-106_1700581447675.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Due to its size and grade the tumour in the temporal lobe of my brain was operated on very quickly,&#8217; she said previously<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/21\/15\/78067063-12775825-image-a-108_1700581454142.jpg\" height=\"949\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>In a tragic turn of events, Mrs Hanstein died on November 16 due to &#8216;complications from a recurrence&#8217; of her tumour, a spokesperson for her health app said<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/21\/15\/78067075-12775825-image-a-105_1700581445036.jpg\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mrs Hanstein met her husband while touring Indonesia in 2011, and said he turned up in London moments after she got home.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Due to its size and grade the tumour in the temporal lobe of my brain was operated on very quickly,&#8217; she said previously.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, she thought she was out of the woods as scans revealed that only scar tissue was growing in place of where the tumour had been, a sign that the brain is healing.<\/p>\n<p>She said at the time:\u00a0&#8216;I have scans every six months but I am officially free from cancer. Touch wood it will stay this way forever.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>But in a tragic turn of events, Mrs Hanstein died on November 16 this year due to &#8216;complications from a recurrence of her cancer&#8217;, a spokesperson for her health app said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>READ MORE &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0Widow, 32, is diagnosed with a &#8216;high grade&#8217; brain tumour just one year after her husband died a month after they got married<\/h3>\n<p>Wholesome World said: &#8216;It is with the most profound sense of loss that we share the sad news that Freyja Hanstein, Wholesome World&#8217;s creator, has passed away.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;She died peacefully in her sleep in the morning of the November 16 of as a result of complications from a recurrence of her cancer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;That you are reading this is testament to Freyja&#8217;s immense strength, positivity and perseverance.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;She created Wholesome World after losing her husband Lars to cancer, while in remission after her own first fight with a brain tumour.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;This project has been Freyja&#8217;s way of transforming those dark experiences into something positive and nourishing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Her love and creativity built Wholesome World, and we are immeasurably proud to have been here to support her, and to carry on what she started.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Freyja found beauty in the world wherever she went, and joy in sharing that beauty, reflecting it back to make those around her happy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;She shared what she loved; a walk by the ocean, a delicious meal, a song, a poem, a cheeky smile.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;She was the girl with the flowers in her hair and a kind word for everyone. 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