TikToker Eldiara Doucette shared the burial of her own arm, which had to be amputated due to a rare cancer.
The 22-year-old TikToker, Eldiara Doucette, known on social media as Bionic Barbie, shared the burial of her own arm, which had to be amputated due to a rare cancer.
Doucette was diagnosed at 19 years old with synovial sarcoma, a rare form of soft tissue cancer that affects only 1,000 people per year. Since then, the social media star has been documenting her battle with the disease.
In October 2024, Doucette had to undergo the amputation of her right arm above the elbow. On Wednesday, January 15, she decided to hold a “funeral” for the amputated limb, but before that, she told her followers about the “ceremony” and who was invited to the event.
According to her, some family members, her boyfriend, and a few friends with “more morbid interests” stood by her to say goodbye to her forearm and fingers one last time.
In the images, the influencer is seen mourning her arm, which was embalmed and placed on a bed with black-painted nails and a flower arrangement.
“What started as a joke — holding a ceremony for my amputated arm — ended up being a beautifully cathartic experience,” Doucette said in the caption of a photo carousel posted on Instagram.
“I held many hands, felt the skin of loved ones, took spiders outside, saved worms from the sidewalk, wiped away tears, petted dogs, and picked many dandelions. I played the piano, guitar, ukulele, an act I will never be able to experience again,” she wrote in the image description.
For Doucette, the funeral was the way she found to process all the emotions she had since she learned about the need for amputation.
“I always joke that my arm tried to kill me, but after looking at it on the table, seeing the scars it had accumulated over the years, I realized it was also just a victim of this disease, and it made the ultimate sacrifice for me.”
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