Deborah James shared her last moments with her loving family as they read out messages of support she had received after announcing that she was receiving end of life care on Monday evening.
The presenter, 40, was diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2016 and over the years has been heavily involved in charity work to raise money for cancer research and awareness through ITV's No Butts campaign.
So far, Deborah has raised more than £2million in just 48 hours as she asked people to "buy her a drink" to send her off by donating the money to Cancer Research UK.
Appearing on BBC Breakfast today, she spoke about being surrounded by her loved ones during her final days, joking that she was having "sleepovers" with her brother and sister.
"It's hard," she replied. "It's really hard. The thing that I know, because I trust my husband - he's just the most wonderful man and so is my family and I know that my kids are going to be more than looked after and surrounded by love.
"You always want to know as a mother - are your kids going to be OK? And my kids are going to be fine. But it doesn't mean I'm not going to miss every chance I could have had with them."
Speaking about her shock at raising so much money in such little time, she said: "I had a figure in my mind of quarter of a million because I thought that would be enough to fund a couple of projects across charities I wanted to fund.
"But 24 hours to do £1million is absolutely mind-blowing and I can't thank people enough for their generosity because it just means so much to me.
"It makes me feel utterly loved, but it makes me feel like we're in it til the end together and we all want to make a difference and say, 'Screw you cancer, we can do better. We can do better for people and we just need to show it who's boss."
She added: "I've been having sleepovers with my brother and sister in our 40s - never left alone, which I think is great. It's like being kids again. I can't think of a better way to go."
On the thought of leaving her family behind, she said tearfully: "I have a really loving family who I adore. Honestly, they're incredible and all I knew I wanted was to come here and be able to relax knowing that everything was OK.
"I've had some really hard conversations during the last week. You think, 'Gosh, how can anyone have those conversations?' and then you find yourself in the middle of them. And people are very nice, but you're talking about your own death and I've had five years to prepare for my death."
