BBC star Deborah James, 40, was laughed at three times when she suggested to doctors she may have bowel cancer, prior to receiving her devastating diagnosis.
Thanks to blood tests and stool samples coming back 'normal', the TV star was repeatedly told she "must have IBS, haemorrhoids or worse case colitis" before she a colonoscopy finally revealed she had stage 3 bowel cancer.
On Monday, the mum-of-two told her fans the "time has come to say goodbye" from a hospice she is currently residing in, after five years of battling the terminal illness.
