Deborah James

Host Deborah James posted an emotional farewell message on May 10, revealing she was entering hospice care.

She continued: "I think I always knew I didn't want to be at my London home. "It's kind of where I've always wanted to die," James added. "I decided that I want to be at my parents' because as much as I love London, I can't even get up the steps to pee. Speaking about her Bowelbabe Fund organization, she told the outlet, "I always knew there was one thing I wanted to do before I died. My parents live in a bungalow so I can see greenery and my whole family can come here," she explained. 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 British journalist was given the devastating news she would not live beyond five years after she was diagnosed with incurable bowel cancer in December 2016.

“But I don’t think anyone can say the last six months has exactly been kind. “Deborah shared her experience with the world to raise awareness, break down barriers, challenge taboos and change the conversation around cancer. So I figured my aim is just try to fit in a few whilst I’m still kicking around and am able to!” Deborah passed away peacefully today, surrounded by her family.” “Find a life worth enjoying; take risks; love deeply; have no regrets; and always, always have rebellious hope. The mum of two was receiving end-of-life care at her home in the weeks leading up to her death after telling fans she had “no choice but to surrender to the inevitable”.

The mum-of-two, known globally as 'BowelBabe' thanks to the nickname she gave herself during her cancer research fundraising, was diagnosed with stage 4 bowel ...

Dame Deborah James, known to many as @bowelbabe, has very sadly died at the age of 40. Her family confirmed the news in an emotional Instagram post.

"Deborah shared her experience with the world to raise awareness, break down barriers, challenge taboos and change the conversation around cancer. 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 news was confirmed in an emotional post on Instagram, which described Deborah as "the most amazing wife, daughter, sister, mummy."

The family of podcaster and bowel cancer campaigner Deborah James' reveal her final wishes in heartbreaking statement.

“Deborah shared her experience with the world to raise awareness, break down barriers, challenge taboos and change the conversation around cancer. And finally, check your poo – it could just save your life.’” Deborah passed away peacefully today, surrounded by her family.

Ms. James, a podcaster and writer, had chronicled her struggle with an incurable bowel tumor with candor and vivacity after the illness was diagnosed more ...

“I think people look good in black and white,” she told the Times interviewer, lying back a bed of cushions wearing red lipstick and sipping champagne. @bowelbabe is one of those special people,” the royals wrote on Twitter in May. “Thank you for giving hope to so many who are living with cancer.” Ms. James’s followers expressed sorrow about the news and gratitude for her efforts, with tens of thousands of comments appearing on her social media. “We changed the way people talk about cancer in this country,” said Ms. Mahon, who is living with cancer. In the podcast, which she co-founded in 2018, she hosted conversations with other patients about how cancer affected their sex lives or what it meant to have the disease during the coronavirus pandemic. One study gave her eight months to live, and another said she had an 8 percent chance of living for five years, she wrote. Deborah James was born on Oct. 1, 1981, the daughter of Heather and Alistair James. She graduated from the University of Exeter and became a deputy head teacher. But she also posted videos in which she sang Celine Dion songs in her hospital room, wrote about doing “retail therapy” at Harrods, described eating roast potatoes while watching a James Bond movie to recover from physical exhaustion and detailed overcoming her fear of flying. Among her supporters were Prince William and his wife, Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge. On Dec. 15, 2016, when she was 35, doctors spotted what turned out to be a Stage 4 tumor in her bowel. They finished off the bottle “as though Armageddon was scheduled for 7 p.m. the next day.” “Find a life worth enjoying; take risks; love deeply; have no regrets; and always, always have rebellious hope.

After a six-year-long battle with bowel cancer, BBC host Deborah James entered hospice care due to the life-threatening illness — details.

I am utterly honoured that he joined us for afternoon tea and champagne, where he not only spent a generous amount of time talking to my whole family but also honoured me with my Damehood,” she captioned a series of Instagram photos from the day. “It’s quite surreal having a royal pop in at home, and yes you can imagine the cleaning antics and preparation went off the scale — but it was all irrelevant because William was so kind and he put us all at ease.” 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? “I think at times it can be forgotten that the biggest challenge and celebration is to weave real life through Cancer — despite how hard it might be to do so,” James wrote via Instagram at the time. with my incredible family all around me and the focus is on making sure I’m not in pain and spending time with them,” she wrote. “Deborah shared her experience with the world to raise awareness, break down barriers, challenge taboos and change the conversation around cancer.

UK columnist and cancer awareness campaigner Deborah James, who wrote recently about doing “death admin” in her final months, has died.

“Deborah, our thoughts are with you, your family and your friends. “Deborah shared her experience with the world to raise awareness, break down barriers, challenge taboos and change the conversation around cancer. Thank you for giving hope to so many who are living with cancer. I can’t tell you what this means to my family, it’s so much to take in.” “@bowelbabe is one of those special people. Just hours after the prerelease announcement was made, her legions of supporters had bumped the “labour of love” to the top of the charts. Deborah passed away peacefully today, surrounded by her family,” the post reads. Don’t put stuff off, don’t regret not seeing your loved ones. In her quest to break the “poo taboo” she dressed up as the poo emoji to normalise conversations around changing bowel habits – a key symptom she experienced in the six months prior to her diagnosis. She tirelessly banged the “F*** Cancer” drum – writing a book of the same name – and vowed to do everything she could to help others avoid her fate. “And I want them to grow up to have no regrets, put their health first, live in the moment and to make the most of every opportunity. “I want them to live in a world where they don’t need to worry about cancer – and I want them to know I did everything I could to make that happen for them.

The presenter of the BBC podcast You, Me And The Big C 'saved many lives' and raised millions of pounds for cancer research.

Dame Deborah James’ charity work was truly inspirational – even in the most challenging moments, she continued to raise awareness about bowel cancer and impacted so many people’s lives.” What an inspiration she was to so many. The mother-of-two had been receiving end-of-life care since May at her parents’ home in Woking, Surrey, after stopping active treatment for the disease. Sajid Javid, the health secretary, said James “won the whole nation’s admiration” and she “leaves behind an incredible legacy”. “The awareness she brought to bowel cancer and the research her campaigning has funded will be her enduring legacy. Dame Deborah James has been hailed as an “inspiration” and an “extraordinary campaigner” of “unbelievable tenacity” as tributes poured in for the podcaster and cancer campaigner, who has died at the age of 40.

The 40-year-old host of You, Me and the Big C was diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2016.

You can also get in touch in the following ways: even in the most challenging moments". She leaves a tremendous legacy behind her". "We are deeply saddened to announce the death of Dame Deborah James; the most amazing wife, daughter, sister, mummy," it said. This expansion is happening gradually over four years and started in April last year. Lucie said Dame Deborah showed that cancer does not have to be a "life sentence", and that the 40-year-old "didn't want to be a victim". Check your poo." The director general of the BBC, Tim Davie said she was a "true inspiration" and the way she talked about cancer "moved the nation, inspired change and undoubtedly saved lives". Speaking on BBC Breakfast, Lucie Kon, a BBC producer and friend of Dame Deborah, called the podcast host "the most amazing human out of anyone I know" and said she would be "alive in my mind forever". Bowel Cancer UK, of which Dame Deborah was a patron, said she had turned her bowel cancer diagnosis "into an incredible force for good" and would save countless lives through her campaigning. So maybe I should leave on that final word. Her family said Dame Deborah shared her experience of cancer to "raise awareness, break down barriers, challenge taboos and change the conversation around cancer".

The podcaster and mother-of-two was a patron of Bowel Cancer UK.

“She hasn’t stopped in her tireless attempts to raise awareness. “I think that is a remarkable gift. Since the day of her diagnosis she has shone a bright light on bowel cancer.

She did this as co-host of BBC Radio 5 Live's award-winning, lively podcast about living with cancer, You, Me and the Big C, originally alongside the broadcast ...

Deborah’s final wish was for a fund in her name to raise money for projects close to her heart, including clinical trials, personalised medicine and awareness campaigns, with links to charities including Cancer Research UK, Bowel Cancer UK and the Royal Marsden Cancer Charity. “Before I die, the one thing I knew I wanted to do was set up a fund that can continue working on things that gave me life,” she said. In her last You, Me and the Big C podcast, with the show’s producer, Mike Holt, broadcast on 10 May, Deborah talked about how the lack of community care meant that she was deprived of three of her final weeks at home, but also about how the podcast had given her purpose and strength. She also talked to her oncologist during the same recording, who applauded her “ tremendous strength of mind”, bringing her to tears. A month later, she was asking the Olympian athlete Steve Parry, who had a testicle removed as part of his treatment, if “double the amount comes out or half” when he was having sex, to uproarious laughter in the studio. From its first episode in March 2018, frankness, honesty and humour were the unique selling points of the show, and Deborah, diagnosed with stage 4 bowel cancer in December 2016, was its outrageous heart. In the last five years of her life, Deborah James, who has died aged 40 from cancer, never stopped talking about life as worth living.

Deborah James, a British broadcaster who raised millions for cancer research and was recognized by Prince William for her work, has died.

Prince William personally conferred James damehood in a surprise visit to the family home only days after she announced that she was receiving end-of-life care. “Deborah was an inspirational and unfalteringly brave woman whose legacy will live on.” James hosted a BBC podcast called “You, Me and The Big C" in which she spoke in a no-nonsense approach about living with bowel cancer.

Prince William and Kate Middleton have called cancer fundraiser Dame Deborah James an “inspirational and unfalteringly brave woman” after she died from the ...

“Deborah shared her experience with the world to raise awareness, break down barriers, challenge taboos and change the conversation around cancer. Deborah passed away peacefully today, surrounded by her family. Deborah was an inspirational and unfalteringly brave woman whose legacy will live on.” Because of her, many many lives will be saved.” The PM wrote: “What an inspiration she was to so many.“The awareness she brought to bowel cancer and the research her campaigning has funded will be her enduring legacy. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge added they were sad to hear of her passing and said that her legacy will live on, The Sun reported.

Deborah James, a British broadcaster who raised millions for cancer research and was recognized by Prince William for her work, has died.

Prince William personally conferred James damehood in a surprise visit to the family home only days after she announced that she was receiving end-of-life care. “Deborah was an inspirational and unfalteringly brave woman whose legacy will live on.” James hosted a BBC podcast called “You, Me and The Big C" in which she spoke in a no-nonsense approach about living with bowel cancer.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have paid tribute to cancer campaigner, broadcaster and former teacher, Dame Deborah James, who has died aged 40.

You can also get in touch in the following ways: He praised her tireless efforts and thanked her for giving hope to those living with the disease. Screening, run by the NHS, aims to detect bowel cancer at an early stage. "We are deeply saddened to announce the death of Dame Deborah James; the most amazing wife, daughter, sister, mummy," it said. Bland said the fact that Dame Deborah had known for five and a half years that her cancer was incurable made what she had achieved during that period "even more remarkable". Check your poo." She interviewed Steve Bland, who was a friend of Dame Deborah and was married to her former podcast co-host, BBC Radio 5 Live newsreader Rachael Bland, who died of cancer in 2018. The chef said Dame Deborah's frankness forged a connection with people that was necessary to "push the cancer community forward and bring awareness". So maybe I should leave on that final word. Her family said Dame Deborah shared her experience of cancer to "raise awareness, break down barriers, challenge taboos and change the conversation around cancer". The host of the BBC's You, Me and the Big C podcast was first diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2016, and was given a damehood in May in recognition of her fundraising. Dame Deborah's family said she was "amazing" and an "inspiration".

Campaigners and bowel cancer sufferers pay tribute to late podcaster who raised £7m and publicised symptoms of disease.

“She was an inspiration to so many people and her impact will be felt for years to come,” Mitchell said. Michelle Mitchell, the chief executive of Cancer Research UK, said James had “challenged taboos” around cancer with honesty and compassion. Because of her, many many lives will be saved.” The millions that James raised will be ploughed into clinical trials and research into a disease that people are usually too embarrassed to speak about, much less raise money for. The BBC news presenter George Alagiah, who was diagnosed with advanced bowel cancer in 2014, said earlier screening would have helped in his own case. That was not to be.