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Joel Leaver

BBC Radio 1's Adele Roberts 'so grateful' as doctors say she's cancer free

BBC Radio 1 presenter Adele Roberts has said she is "so grateful" to have been told she's cancer free, after being diagnosed with the disease towards the end of last year.

The radio host, 43, has provided updates on her health since announcing that she had been diagnosed with the bowel cancer on social media in October last year.

The latest update saw Adele reveal that she is now cancer free, with her telling fans in the post on Instagram that the admission by her doctor had taken her breath away.

She wrote on the platform earlier: "The day I've been waiting for. Hearing the words 'you're free of cancer' absolutely took my breath away. I keep replaying it in my mind.

"It was the most beautiful sound I think I’ve ever heard. Even though I was praying Dr Khan would say that to me I don’t think my head let me believe it until I heard it."

Adele Roberts was diagnosed with cancer last year (Instagram)

Adele continued: "Everything we’ve been through seems to be swirling around in my body and life feels a bit surreal at the moment… BUT I AM SO GRATEFUL! I am counting my blessings.’

"I am also in awe of anyone dealing with cancer. The courage, the strength, the determination… and at times, the humour you have shown has been nothing short of super human,’ she wrote. ‘You’ve inspired me and given me the fire to never give up.

"You’re warriors and it’s thanks to seeing you being so strong that’s kept me going. Feel the fear and do it anyway. Sometimes it took me all my strength just to get out of bed and face the day but I still did it.

"Every day I made sure I did something to do a huge f*ck you to cancer. It’s taken too many of us. I didn’t know what fate had in store for me but I knew I’d never stop trying.’

She's been supported through the experience by partner Kate Holderness (Daily Star, Daily Mirror, Daily Express)

"Thank you to my family, my friends, everyone who's taken time to message me, send love or positive thoughts. You've kept me going and helped me slay this beast."

She added: "That's the one thing Dr Khan said to me. Your mind can go to dark places when dealing with cancer but that's the one thing I knew I had control over."

"My body might have been dying - it's still so sore now - but there was no way I was letting it destroy my spirit. If anything it's made me happier than I've ever been."

"Going through the darkness has given me the light. It's transformed me, given me my little stoma Audrey, brought amazing people into my life and it's time now for me to start really living."

"Thank you to Dr Khan, his team and the whole of the NHS. You are angels among us. Thank you for saving my life."

"Thank you to my Kate. The reason I had the strength to get out of bed every morning. I will never leave you and I will always find you. In this life and the next."

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