Podcaster Deborah James had an important message for people during her final interviews. As she faces her final days, the presenter is thinking of others and urging people to "enjoy life" because life is "precious".
She also urged people to make sure to "check your poo" for signs of bowel or other cancers. More than £2.7 million has been raised in two days after the 40-year-old mother-of-two announced she is receiving end-of-life care at her parents' home. Since being diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2016, she has given candid accounts of her treatment on the BBC's You, Me and the Big C podcast, and has now set up a fund for cancer charities. You can read the full message here.
She is now having end-of-life care at her parents' house surrounded by her family because it is "were I want to die", and it meant the family home in London could remain home for her children, Hugo, 14 and Eloise, 12. without the "medical equipment scars" in their memories. Her final message urged people: "Please, please just enjoy life because it's so precious. All I want right now is more time and more life."
