'I'm going to die' Victoria Derbyshire has a 'new perspective' after cancer diagnosis

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"It changed my life, though.The joy and happiness I felt at being alive was amazing."Speaking about why she married Mark after 17 years, she said: "After my diagnosis, I’d said, ‘If we get through this I would like to get married, but I don’t want you to do it if it’s only because you feel sorry for me.’"It was weird to finally start calling him my husband, but amazing to get married at 49.

I feel more complete now."The pair met at Radio 5 Live, with the pair having an affair while he was married to fellow 5 Live presenter Fi Glover.Victoria thanks breast cancer for giving her a "different perspective" as she did not take things to heart as much anymore.She continued: "When I was told my show was being cancelled in 2020, as part of BBC cutbacks, I was gutted, but unlike breast cancer it was not a life or death situation."Victoria used to have her own current affairs TV programme with the BBC, with it first broadcasting in 2015 on BBC Two and the BBC News Channel.The programme was cancelled in July 2020, as the BBC said the cost of the show was too high and it did not attract young and diverse audiences.The last programme was broadcast in March 2020, with Victoria now presenting the BBC News at 9 on BBC Two, BBC News Channel and BBC World News.The broadcaster opened up about the loss of her show last year in an interview with Woman & Home magazine, insisting: "It was gutting when I was told I was losing my TV show but having gone through breast cancer I was able to put it in perspective."I was lucky I still had a job in a pandemic and I have come through something where I could have died."Victoria appeared on TV during lockdown with the telephone number of the National Domestic Abuse hotline written on her hand.She did.