BBC Radio 1 DJ Adele Roberts has said she is "going to have to marry" her partner Kate Holderness who has been her "strength" and carer during her stomach cancer battle.
The presenter, 43, revealed in October she was undergoing treatment for stomach cancer and later had a tumour removed through surgery.
Speaking to Naga Munchetty on BBC Radio 5 Live, Adele said of her girlfriend: “We’ve just got stronger and closer and it’s made me realise what an incredible human she is.
“She’s been my strength and without her I don’t think I’d be this upbeat. I think it would have really got to me mentally… but every morning I see Kate I just feel blessed to wake up to her every single day.
“She’s pretty much become my carer. She’s gone above and beyond what a relationship should be and she’s been everything to me. She’s helped me dress my stoma. She’s cared for me. She’s been my nurse. She’s been my mentor. She really loves me.
"I’m going to have to marry her.
"I think I look up to her now. I always knew she was very special. And I knew she was a good person. But now… she is somebody that I look to for inspiration."
Adele now uses a stoma bag, which attaches to her abdomen and collects her faeces, and has also been undergoing chemotherapy.
Reflecting on her diagnosis, she told Munchetty: “When I first got diagnosed, my initial thought was, ‘Am I going to die?’ and my second thought was, ‘Is it my fault?’.
"I think since the day I got diagnosed, I have been on this treadmill, just trying to move forward, not look backwards…"
Adele also spoke about podcast host Dame Deborah James, who recently revealed she is receiving end-of-life care after being diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2016.
"It hit me hard," she said.
"It feels a little bit selfish saying that because it is not about me. It’s about Deborah.
"The heart-breaking reality of what she is going through, but then seeing her be so strong and give back to people in her time of need. (I) don’t know how she does it. She is amazing. And it is a pleasure for me to watch that journey unfold."
