Gallery: Cancer-fighting Grandma Betty goes viral on Instagram

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80-year-old Betty Simpson's great-grandson started documenting her battle with lung cancer on Instagram in January. @grandmabetty33 has since gone viral, with more than 284K followers.

Guess who's at the cancer doctor eating blue candy? @MileyCyrus has nothing on #GrandmaBetty

A HUGE thank you to @Pharrell Williams for this shoutout to his millions of followers! Pharrell was one of grandma's first few thousand followers, so he's been following us since the beginning.

Our family, minus @zachbelden, because he's taking the picture. It's been awhile since Grandma got out of the house!

This has brought so much happiness to us all! Thank you to everyone!

Somebody is still tired from her interview yesterday..

Grandma's interview will be aired at 10 pm tonight, on WDRB! Of you have any more questions, let us know! Thank you to all of the people at the WDRB news station that helped make this possible!

Good Afternoon, to my 3,400 followers! It's currently 44 degrees and sunny here in Southern Indiana! Comment where you're from and the current weather!

Grandma says: "Hello everyone, I love all of you, and thank you for the prayer."

The look on her face when I told her she had over 2,000 followers

Good morning from your favorite Grandma Betty!

Sorry there hasn't been a post since Friday. Grandma wasn't feeling the greatest, and she's been sleeping a lot.

Grandma loves her scarf. A big thanks to @lileckert13 for making this for her! She's beyond thrilled

My #ManCrushMonday goes to my husband who has been passed away for 7 years as of the day after Christmas. #MCM

Even after being diagnosed with lung cancer, she still smokes. I'm glad though. I want her to die happy. #LawAndOrderSVU

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