Deborah James shares bowel cancer warnings in final TV appearance

OHMYGOSSIP — Deborah James shared the warning signs that led to her bowel cancer diagnosis in her final TV appearance.
The 40-year-old writer and broadcaster is receiving hospice care at her parents home in Woking, Surrey after doctors admitted they could no longer treat her condition – and she made what is likely to be her last appearance on TV in an interview previously filmed for E4’s ‘Embarrassing Bodies’ which aired on Thursday night (17.06.22).
During the show, Deborah explained the symptoms which prompted her to seek medical help: “I started going to the poo – we need to say that – eight times a day. And I used to be a once-a-day kind of girl …
“Then I started getting really tired and I remember drinking loads of cups of coffee just to try and keep myself awake. Then I started losing loads of weight and I started having blood in my poo … ”
She added she had a “gut instinct that something wasn’t right” and she was later diagnosed with bowel cancer.
In a previous interview with The Sun, Deborah feared she might not live long enough so see the episode’s broadcast but hoped her frank discussion of symptoms could help others.
She said: “I might not live to see the episode air but I hope the message to ‘Check your poo’ will live on, long after I’m gone.
“It might be embarrassing but it might just save your life. Early diagnosis of things like bowel cancer saves lives.
“So don’t live to regret it, and don’t risk dying because you’re shy. I’ve given my blessing for this episode to run if I’m gone, if it helps save one life it will be worth it.”
Deborah was diagnosed with the illness in December 2016 and was warned she likely only had five years to live.
She has already exceeded doctors’ expectations as she passed that milestone last year and she has raised more than £6.5 million for her Bowelbabe Fund in the weeks since she went public with news she was receiving end of life care.
Deborah was later made a Dame for her charity work.

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