Overview

• In a Sept. 26 Instagram Story, the reality star called the fake obituary “triggering,” said she felt helpless, and asked anyone at Facebook for guidance on taking it down.
• She said the rumor sparked a wave of texts and DMs from people checking whether she was okay.
• On Sept. 27, she posted a tongue-in-cheek clip joking she was “checking in from heaven,” riffing on funeral costs and thanking Facebook users for the mistaken alert.
• Thurston was diagnosed in February and classified stage IV in March after liver metastases, and she recently reported that liver spots appeared to have cleared on imaging.
• She says she will stay on systemic medication long term and plans a double mastectomy in November if upcoming scans confirm a favorable response.