Deborah James

The former deputy head teacher turned cancer campaigner, 40, from London , has been living with stage four bowel cancer since she was diagnosed in December ...

To realise in a sudden split moment that you are unlikely to see the next day is utterly heartbreaking. 'In 5 years of having stage 4 Cancer - this has been the hardest, most heartbreaking and scariest of them all. After thanking followers for their support, she added: 'Do me a favour and go tell your loved ones how much you love them. 'A week ago at this time in the evening I nearly died in what was an acute medical emergency,' she wrote. A week ago my whole family was praying I'd pull through the night. 'I can't quite believe I'm here to write this. 'Please buy me a drink to see me out this world, by donating the cost to @bowelbabefund which will enable us to raise funds for further life saving research into cancer. 'But I don’t think anyone can say the last 6 months has exactly been kind! I have another operation tomorrow. But I'm now out of intensive care. I'm still not out of danger and I have a lot more procedures to deal with. I know we have left no stone unturned.

The BBC podcast host, 40, revealed she has had stage 4 bowel cancer since December 2016. The mum-of-two has also shared her experience using the moniker @ ...

“Please buy me a drink to see me out this world, by donating the cost to @bowelbabefund which will enable us to raise funds for further life saving research into cancer. She said: “The message I never wanted to write. I know we have left no stone unturned. “I have always over the years raised as much awareness and money for the charities that are closest to me. “Nobody knows how long I’ve got left but I’m not unable to walk, I’m sleeping most of the days, and most things I took for granted are pipe dreams. We have tried everything, but my body simply isn’t playing ball.#“My active care has stopped and I am now moved to hospice at home care, with my incredible family all around me and the focus is on making sure I’m not in pain and spending time with them.

"Even with all the innovative cancer drugs in the world or some magic new breakthrough, my body just can't continue anymore"

"Please buy me a drink to see me out this world, by donating the cost to @bowelbabefund which will enable us to raise funds for further life saving research into cancer. Please visit bowelbabe.org for all the info and to donate. Deborah continued, asking her followers to donate as much as they could to help support the fight against bowel cancer. She penned: "The message I never wanted to write. "I think it’s been the rebellious hope in me. "But even with all the innovative cancer drugs in the world or some magic new breakthrough, my body just can’t continue anymore.

The mother of two, 40, who was diagnosed with stage four bowel cancer in 2015, says she is now receiving hospice care at home.

"You are all incredible, thank you for playing your part in my journey. To give more Deborahs more time," she wrote. I know we have left no stone unturned."

Podcaster Deborah James has told followers she does not know “how long I've got left” after being moved to hospice at home care to treat her terminal bowel ...

She added that she had left “no stone unturned” in search of treatment, but that even a “magic new breakthrough” would not make a difference. “My active care has stopped and I am now moved to hospice at home care, with my incredible family all around me and the focus is on making sure I’m not in pain and spending time with them. The popular presenter of the BBC podcast You, Me And The Big C said the previous six months had been “heartbreaking” to go through, but that she had been surrounded by “so much love” and had “no regrets”.

James was diagnosed with the condition in 2016 and since then has kept her nearly 300,000 Instagram followers up to date with her treatments, ...

The presenter of the BBC podcast You, Me And The Big C said the previous six months had been "heartbreaking" to go through, but that she had been surrounded by "so much love" and had "no regrets". Sharing links to charities including Cancer Research UK, Bowel Cancer UK and the Royal Marsden Cancer Charity, she asked supporters to make donations and "buy me a drink to see me out this world". The You, Me And The Big C host said she was no longer able to walk and her body had stopped "playing ball" but she had her "incredible family" around her.

Deborah James, the award-winning BBC podcast host who has incurable bowel cancer, shared an emotional goodbye message last night after moving to hospice ...

BBC presenter Deborah James has shared a heartbreaking health update as she confirms she no longer knows 'how long she has left' amid her stage 4 bowel ...

"You are all incredible, thank you for playing your part in my journey. "Please buy me a drink to see me out this world, by donating the cost to @bowelbabefund which will enable us to raise funds for further life saving research into cancer. My whole family are around me and we will dance through this together, sunbathing and laughing (I’ll cry!!) at every possible moment." Enjoy life x" @cr_uk @royalmarsden @bowelcanceruk," she penned. I know we have left no stone unturned.

BBC presenter Deborah James, 40, has confirmed that she is now in hospice care and is surrounded by her beloved family and friends after a five-year battle ...

"You are all incredible, thank you for playing your part in my journey. "Please buy me a drink to see me out this world, by donating the cost to @bowelbabefund which will enable us to raise funds for further life saving research into cancer. Please buy me a wine to see me out and raise vital funds." My whole family are around me and we will dance through this together, sunbathing and laughing (I’ll cry!!) at every possible moment." The time has come to say goodbye. @cr_uk @royalmarsden @bowelcanceruk," she penned.

"I'm under hospice at home care and I'm spending my time surrounded by my family." Deborah urged her supportive followers to donate as much as they could to ...

She added: "You are all incredible, thank you for playing your part in my journey. She added: "You are all incredible, thank you for playing your part in my journey. The mum-of-two said on Twitter: "The tweet I never wanted to write. "But I don’t think anyone can say the last six months has exactly been kind. Nobody knows how long I've got left but I'm not able to walk, I'm sleeping most of the days, and most things I took for granted are pipe dreams. BBC star Deborah James has confirmed she is now receiving hospice care surrounded by her family and friends, and preparing to say goodbye.

"Nobody knows how long I've got left but I'm not able to walk," Deborah James wrote of her fight against bowel cancer.

She concluded, "You are all incredible, thank you for playing your part in my journey. "I think it's been the rebellious hope in me." To give more Deborah's more time!" "But I don't think anyone can say the last 6 months has exactly been kind! "My active care has stopped and I am now moved to hospice at home care, with my incredible family all around me and the focus is on making sure I'm not in pain and spending time with them." But even with all the innovative cancer drugs in the world or some magic new breakthrough, my body just can't continue anymore."

The popular podcaster has been moved to hospice at home care to treat her terminal bowel cancer.

Sharing links to charities including Cancer Research UK, Bowel Cancer UK and the Royal Marsden Cancer Charity, she asked supporters to make donations and “buy me a drink to see me out this world”. “My active care has stopped and I am now moved to hospice at home care, with my incredible family all around me and the focus is on making sure I’m not in pain and spending time with them. But in a new post on Monday, she said: “The message I never wanted to write.

Deborah James, 40, has confirmed that she is now in hospice care after a five-year battle with stage 4 bowel cancer. The BBC presenter was initially laughed ...

Deborah recalled in her moving essay reflecting on discovering the news she had terminal bowel cancer. "And yet I was still losing weight, passing blood, going what felt like 100 times per day and feeling shattered. Please buy me a wine to see me out and raise vital funds," Deborah wrote within her heartbreaking social media update.

Deborah James: who is You Me And The Big C host, what are her bowel cancer symptoms, who is her husband? Presenter Deborah James, 40, confirmed she is now in ...

Please buy me a drink to see me out this world, by donating the cost to @bowelbabefund which will enable us to raise funds for further life saving research into cancer. “All I ask if you ever read a column, followed my Instagram, listened to the podcast or saw me dressed as a poo for no reason. Please visit bowelbabe.org for all the info and to donate (link in Bio). @cr_uk @royalmarsden @bowelcanceruk. As a result, the @bowelbabefund is being established and I’d love nothing more than for you to help it flourish. Nobody knows how long I’ve got left but I’m not able to walk, I’m sleeping most of the days, and most things I took for granted are pipe dreams. James has said that her symptoms began with weight loss, passing blood, going to the toilet more regularly than normal, and feeling tired.

Presenter of BBC podcast You, Me And The Big C tells followers she has 'no regrets' as fundraising page passes £800000.

My whole family are around me and we will dance through this together, sunbathing and laughing (I’ll cry!!) at every possible moment! To give more Deborahs more time!” “My active care has stopped and I am now moved to hospice at home care, with my incredible family all around me and the focus is on making sure I’m not in pain and spending time with them.

The podcast presenter says she can no longer walk and is being moved to a hospice after her active care was stopped.

To give more Deborah’s more time!”. “My active care has stopped and I am now moved to hospice at home care, with my incredible family all around me and the focus is on making sure I’m not in pain and spending time with them. The podcast presenter says she can no longer walk and is being moved to a hospice after her active care was stopped

BBC podcaster Deborah James, who has dedicated the last five years of her life to cancer awareness, said: "My body just can't continue anymore."

Love to you and your family.” Your energy and joy and strength has been a tonic. She wrote: “My 16 year old needed a role model like you when she was diagnosed. One follower, Donna Dunn, said that James has been a “role model” for her daughter when she was diagnosed. You are an inspiration who is leaving a lasting legacy.” While actress Tamzin Outhwaite wrote in a message: “You are incredible.

BBC presenter Deborah James, who is surrounded by her family and friends while in hospice care, made a realisation about her husband's future after seeing ...

"Actually it gave me quite a lot of comfort to know that even when people have seen the darkest of things, and if that was my own husband… "You are all incredible, thank you for playing your part in my journey. My whole family are around me and we will dance through this together, sunbathing and laughing (I’ll cry!!) at every possible moment." "Had it not been for my husband, I wouldn’t be here today. Please buy me a wine to see me out and raise vital funds." Enjoy life x" "I had no strength. I know we have left no stone unturned. I had blood all over me. actually you want life to go on. It has been 5 years to prepare, doesn’t make it any easy. Sharing the devastating update with her fans and followers on Monday, she penned: "The tweet I never wanted to write.

Podcaster and cancer campaigner Deborah James has shared a heartbreaking post saying goodbye to her supporters.

"I know we have left no stone unturned. Sharing links to charities including Cancer Research UK, Bowel Cancer UK and the Royal Marsden Cancer Charity, she asked her supporters to make donations and "buy me a drink to see me out this world". "My active care has stopped and I am now moved to hospice at home care, with my incredible family all around me and the focus is on making sure I’m not in pain and spending time with them.

James, 40, hosts the award-winning BBC podcast 'You, Me and the Big C' along with Lauren Mahon.

Love to you and your family.” Your energy and joy and strength has been a tonic. She wrote: “My 16 year old needed a role model like you when she was diagnosed. Thinking of your family and friends. One follower, Donna Dunn, said that James has been a “role model” for her daughter when she was diagnosed. You are an inspiration who is leaving a lasting legacy.”

Broadcaster, author and bowel cancer awareness advocate Deborah James launches fund to support cancer research and personalised medicine for patients.

In this, she also shared that she has moved to hospice at home care and is spending time with her family. Over the past five years, she’s been a passionate and public advocate for raising awareness of this type of cancer, busting myths and encouraging people to get checked and seek help if they are experiencing issues. Deborah was diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2016.

Born on October 1, 1981, Deborah is a former deputy head teacher turned blogger, podcaster and cancer campaigner. Advertisement. After being diagnosed with ...

She said: "Please buy me a drink to see me out this world, by donating the cost to @bowelbabefund which will enable us to raise funds for further life saving research into cancer. Deborah is married to Sebastien Bowen and he is a banker. Who is Deborah James and when was she diagnosed with bowel cancer?

Money donated to the campaign started by the 40-year-old will go towards funding clinical trials and research that could result in new treatments for cancer ...

"The small glimmers of options and far-flung chances that I've always believed in. Money donated to the campaign started by the 40-year-old will go towards funding clinical trials and research that could result in new treatments for cancer patients. "I have never known tiredness like it and yet I fight daily to stay awake enough to complete a To-do list of things that I want to check off before I die. "I fight daily to stay awake enough to complete a To-do list of things that I want to check off before I die" While admitting the previous six months had been "heartbreaking" to go through, the presenter of the BBC podcast You, Me And The Big C said she had been surrounded by "so much love" and had "no regrets". She was diagnosed with the condition in 2016 and said in a post on Monday night she "did not know how long I've got left".

'Nobody knows how long I've got left,' the podcast host and author says.

She shared the personal stories of patients who were affected by tests and treatments being cancelled as a result of the lockdown in BBC Panorama’s Britain’s Cancer Crisis documentary, which was released on 6 July 2020. The tumour also had a BRAF mutation, “the rarest and most hardest to treat due to its unresponsiveness to [chemotherapy], aggressive make up or lack of ‘wonder’ immunotherapy cure”, she wrote. James began co-presenting You, Me and the Big C in 2018. She is beloved for her sincere and candid approach to talking about her experience of living with the disease. Before she became an outspoken campaigner and fundraiser for cancer treatment and awareness, James was a deputy teacher. In a post on her social media channels, she said: “The time has come to say goodbye.”

Podcaster and cancer campaigner Deborah James has shared a heartbreaking post saying goodbye to her supporters.

"I know we have left no stone unturned. Sharing links to charities including Cancer Research UK, Bowel Cancer UK and the Royal Marsden Cancer Charity, she asked her supporters to make donations and "buy me a drink to see me out this world". "My active care has stopped and I am now moved to hospice at home care, with my incredible family all around me and the focus is on making sure I’m not in pain and spending time with them.

Ms James was diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2016 and since then has kept her nearly 300000 Instagram followers up to date with her treatments.

The former deputy headteacher announced in her post that she is setting up the Bowelbabe Fund, and shared links to charities including Cancer Research UK, Bowel Cancer UK and the Royal Marsden Cancer Charity. She wrote: “All I ask, if you ever read a column, followed my Instagram, listened to the podcast or saw me dressed as a poo for no reason, please buy me a drink to see me out this world, by donating the cost to @bowelbabefund which will enable us to raise funds for further lifesaving research into cancer. “Nobody knows how long I’ve got left but I’m not able to walk, I’m sleeping most of the days, and most things I took for granted are pipe dreams.” “My active care has stopped and I am now moved to hospice at home care, with my incredible family all around me and the focus is on making sure I’m not in pain and spending time with them.

DEBORAH James says she is "in tears" after the BowelBabe Fund hit £2million just hours after her heartbreaking final podcast.The Sun's columnist ur.

Lorraine recently visited Deborah in hospital and said she was really thin. "Every 15 minutes someone in the UK is diagnosed with bowel cancer and we will make every penny work as hard as she always has to save lives from the disease both now and in the future.” "Deborah has been a constant source of inspiration including to many people affected by the disease and we are so grateful to her for thinking of Bowel Cancer UK with her everlasting legacy the Bowelbabe Fund. Deborah said in February she still had a “glimmer of hope” and was “ploughing on with a slim chance of more treatment for my incurable bowel cancer”. The “traumatic” experience, in which Deborah said goodbye to her children - Hugo, 14, and Eloise, 12, who she shares with her husband Sebastien - didn’t extinguish her light. She said: "Absolutely terrific the impact she is having and we send our love to you." "My active care has stopped and I am now moved to hospice at home care, with my incredible family all around me and the focus is on making sure I’m not in pain and spending time with them. The Bowelbabe Fund for Cancer Research UK is Deborah’s final endeavour of many to support research into bowel cancer, and its partners. She told how she had made the decision to die at her parent's property for the sake of her children, so they can be spared from constant reminders in their family home. DEBORAH James says she is "in tears" after the BowelBabe Fund hit £2million just hours after her heartbreaking final podcast. Now just hours after Deborah poured her heart out on her final appearance on You, Me and the Big C: Putting the can in cancer, it has hit £2million. Even as the mum stares death in the face, her determination to raise awareness of her rare cancer has not faltered.

BBC podcast host Deborah James has raised more than £1 .9 million after she revealed she is now receiving palliative care for stage four bowel cancer.

Deborah has lived with stage-four bowel cancer since a diagnosis in late 2016. To give more Deborah’s more time!”. In a final episode for the BBC podcast You, Me and the Big C, the mother-of-two said that even after enduring incurable cancer for five years, knowing she was near the end is “shocking”.

Podcast host Deborah James said she is “absolutely mind blown” by people's generosity as hundreds of thousands of pounds have been donated to the cancer ...

My final one”. She explained that the “unrelenting medicalisation” of her body has been “heartbreaking” and that her moments out of hospital and pain free have become more and more rare. “I am not brave – I am not dignified going towards my death – I am simply a scared girl who is doing something she has no choice in but I know I am grateful for the life that I have had.” In the Instagram post on Monday, she said she did not know how long she has left, and that while the last six months have been “heartbreaking” to go through, she has been surrounded by “so much love” and has “no regrets”. The podcast host said she “always knew” she wanted to set up the fund before she died, and had she known what little time she had she would have set it up six months ago. In a clip shared from an interview due to be broadcast on BBC Breakfast on Wednesday, she said: “I had a figure in my mind of about a quarter of a million, because I thought that would be enough to fund a good couple of projects across the charities that I wanted to fund.

The 'You, Me and the Big C' podcast host - who has terminal bowel cancer after being diagnosed in 2016 - was overwhelmed when her £250,000 fundraising goal for ...

U.K. radio host Deborah James is blown away after raising over $1 million in 24 hours for bowel cancer research.

In an emotional message shared on Instagram Monday, the BBC host revealed that she is in hospice, writing in part, "The message I never wanted to write. Speaking about her Bowelbabe Fund organization, she told the outlet, "I always knew there was one thing I wanted to do before I died. But it makes me feel like we're all kind of in it at the end together and we all want to make a difference and say, 'You know what?

The popular presenter of the BBC podcast You, Me And The Big C announced on Monday she had set up the Bowelbabe Fund as she disclosed she has moved to ...

My final one”. She explained that the “unrelenting medicalisation” of her body has been “heartbreaking” and that her moments out of hospital and pain free have become more and more rare. “I am not brave – I am not dignified going towards my death – I am simply a scared girl who is doing something she has no choice in but I know I am grateful for the life that I have had.” In the Instagram post on Monday, she said she did not know how long she has left, and that while the last six months have been “heartbreaking” to go through, she has been surrounded by “so much love” and has “no regrets”. The podcast host said she “always knew” she wanted to set up the fund before she died, and had she known what little time she had she would have set it up six months ago. In a clip shared from an interview due to be broadcast on BBC Breakfast on Wednesday, she said: “I had a figure in my mind of about a quarter of a million, because I thought that would be enough to fund a good couple of projects across the charities that I wanted to fund.