FRIENDS of a brave young woman who died of a rare cancer will carry her coffin because she, “didn’t believe any mother or father should have to carry their own child.”

Danielle Hosie passed away at her home in Glasgow’s South Side on Thursday night after a relentless five-year fight against a cancer that affects only around one person every seven years.

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The 27-year-old, from Mount Florida, endured 87 rounds of radiotherapy, eight months of chemotherapy, 20 operations and four blood transfusions after being diagnosed with Polymorphis Adenocarcinoma, a cancer of the face.

The insurance worker who also ran her own beauty business publicly shared her story online to highlight the lack of research into the disease and received messages of support from all over the world.

Four weeks ago, Danielle broke the news to her friends that she had just six months left to live.

Speaking exclusively to the Evening Times yesterday her sister Tonilea, 19, said she had lost her best friend as well as her only sister,

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She said:“All we can think of is that she’s not suffering anymore and she’s not in pain now and she went very, very peacefully.

“She had all her family around her. All of us sat around her.

“Her wishes were that she wanted to be here.

“It was only on Thursday that we found out she only had a few hours left. But she didn’t want anyone to be sad about her leaving, she wanted people to be happy that she was finally at rest.”

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Tonilea says her sister planned her funeral down to the smallest detail  because she wanted to spare her beloved family the trauma.

Tonilea, 19, said: “When she was told it was terminal she planned her own funeral so that everything would be the way she wanted it.

“She had a list of the friends who she wanted to carry her coffin because she didn’t believe any mother or father should have to carry their own child.

“So it’s her friends who are carrying her.

“She said she wanted a pretty coffin, which is just Danielle, because she was such a girly girl.

“She is going to buried with her gran at Newton Mearns crematorium.

She didn’t want mud thrown onto her coffin, she wanted us to throw a handful of glitter and everyone to let go a balloon.

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“She’s going to have Spice Girls, Goodbye going in and Simply the Best for going out.

“We aren’t sure yet when the funeral is going to be.

“It’s not easy, we have all been crying but we couldn’t have done it without all our family and friends. Even Danielle’s work, she worked for esure insurance, were amazing.”

Danielle told how her cancer diagnosis at 21 took three years, “because no-one expected a girl of my age, especially a non smoker to get this type of cancer.”

She wrote: “As most of you know, I’m in the Beatson, but what you don’t know and the news we got given is I’ve been given six months to live.

You all know me and know there’s no way I’m going down without a fight.”

Tonilea, who recently graduated as a nursery nurse, says Danielle was more upset that she wouldn’t get to see her sister celebrate milestones than losing her own life.

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She said: “She said I’m not going to be here to see you get married, or your 21st. I’m not going to be here to see you graduate.

“So I spoke to the people I was working with and we managed to race through my qualification and she was here to see it.

“She was crying when I came in with the certificate.”

Just two weeks ago, Danielle went ahead with a party to celebrate her life with family including parents Brian and Karen and close friends.

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Tonilea said: “She was so strong. The whole time, there was never any good news, it was just bad news after bad news but she never let it get her down. She just kept powering on.

“Danielle had a party two weeks ago at Pro-Soccer in Rouken Glen. She had planned it for ages.

“It started at 7.30pm but because she couldn’t do much for her, we were getting her ready. She was really let down because a company had messaged her saying they were going to give her a free dress because they had read her story online and were really touched by it.

“But the dress never arrived so we had to get another dress but she didn’t feel comfortable in it.

“Danielle always liked to look glamorous. 

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“She didn’t know if it was New Year or New York. She was losing her memory. But she still insisted she was doing her make-up and hair.

“She was there for about an hour. She walked in on her crutches which was a big thing for her because she was in a wheelchair.

“She was so happy she had done it and everyone was so proud of her.

"She wanted to celebrate her life.”

If you are affected by cancer, support is available at Maggie's Centres in Glasgow and Lanarkshire. For more information go www.maggiescentres.org/