Dame Deborah James' 'bowel babe' fund aimed to tackle and raise awareness for bowel cancer has smashed 11.3 million pounds since it was launched last year.
The late charity campaigner, journalist and podcast host sadly passed away from bowel cancer in June last year, aged just 40.
Dame Deborah, known by her social media handle Bowelbabe and a presenter of the You, Me And The Big C podcast, had been diagnosed with bowel cancer five years previously, in 2016.
And her dedicated and loving mum Heather James was back on Lorraine on Wednesday to speak of the wonderful news which has taken the family one step closer to fulfilling her daughter's powerful campaigning aims in 'Tackling the taboo of poo.'
"You are here today [Debbie], you are the face of the campaign for Deborah, are you able to rest and grieve or is this all 'go go go'," Ranvir pressed.
Heather, 65, said: "Actually that's a good question. Perhaps I love the 'go go go' Deborah was always like that...I think her legacy is going to be that.
"Greving if I have too much time on my hands you do think 'this is real' and 'she's not here anymore' but she is in our lives so much in everything she has left behind.
"Greving wise I think its more hard now reality has set in and it's sad. You get numb when it first happens, then you go through 'is this real?' and now it has hit the stage 'it is real."
Heather added: "How amazing with research in the future, more people can live longer," as she spoke of the future treatments they will be able to invest in with the funding raised.
"For someone who is facing a terminal disease, those two extra years Deborah got is a lifetime, especially with young kids." Ranvir pointed out.
Debbie's son, who is now 15, is said to be taking a keen interest in the funding and work that happens on the back of his mum's admirable campaigning.
"All the family of course have a niche in what we do," Heather said.
"But the family are really into what Deborah wanted and she was quite a science geek wasn't she? she needed to and her son and daughter and family are all hoping we can continue the legacy she left."
Deborah tirelessly aimed to 'break the taboo of poo' through all her work before her heartbreaking death, still sporting a smile right up until the very end.
Ranvir brought some light to the situation as she giggled at a clip of Deborah "floating around like a big poo," adding "what a brilliant sense of humour she had".
Dan Burkwook, Director of Research Operations and Communications for Cancer Research UK, added: "Getting to 11.3 million is such a large amount of money and the number of people supporting this campaign really shows just the number of people she inspired and touched.
"We really hope we can do some amazing work with this and have an impact towards the future which we all know is what she wanted.
"We are looking at new ways to detect cancer easier and some investment in technology that will really help patients now and improving treatments but also funding into work that really helps us understand bowel cancer and how it starts and spreads.
"We know this was incredibly important to Deborah as well, knowing all the signs and symptoms of bowel cancer to really ensure people come forward and are speaking to their doctors."
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