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Dame Deborah James thanked by bowel cancer survivor for inspiring her to get symptoms checked: ‘Without her, I don’t think I’d be here today’
Dame Deborah James has been praised by a bowel cancer survivor who was inspired to get her symptoms checked after seeing the campaigner on TV.The writer and podcaster died on Tuesday after a five-year battle with cancer; she had spent years raising awareness of the disease and has raised millions for cancer research through her BowelBabe Fund.Before her death, Dame Deborah was visited at home by Prince William where she was awarded her Damehood in person.The UK is in mourning for the activist, wife and mother-of-two, and many are now remembering her life and the difference she made.Teresa Whitfield, who was diagnosed with stage 3 bowel cancer after seeing Dame Deborah talking about symptoms on TV, appeared on BBC Radio 4 on Tuesday where she told the Today programme that Dame Deborah had saved her life.‘I was watching TV one morning, about October 2018, Dame Deborah was talking very openly and frankly about the symptoms…. of bowel cancer,’ she recalled.‘I thought some of these symptoms, not all of them but some of them, I was experiencing.
