Deborah James chokes back tears as she reaches £2million donations to cancer research
11.05.2022 - 13:15
/ ok.co.uk
BBC podcaster Deborah James choked back tears as she thanked everyone who has donated to her fundraiser – which has so far raised £2million and counting. The presenter, 40, said she felt “utterly loved” and was “absolutely mind blown” at the figure. Deborah launched the 'bowel babe' fund for Cancer Research UK this week, after heartbreakingly telling fans she has moved onto end-of-life care for her bowel cancer.
Deborah, who is known for her podcast Me and the Big C, said that setting up a fund for cancer treatments is something she's always wanted to do since being diagnosed with bowel cancer five years ago. “Ultimately, what I really want to happen is I don't want any other Deborahs to have to go through this,” she said. Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter She continued to the BBC: “We know that when we catch cancer early, we can cure it.
We know that much more investment needs to take place in cancer. We know that we have the skills and the passion in the UK to do so. But I just feel that, we still need that reminder, that boost and that money.
“And so before I died, the one thing I knew I wanted to do was set up a fund that can continue working on some of the things that gave me life, such as the innovative drug studies, because if it wasn't for some of the drugs that I was put on early - that gave me two years of extra life and that could be somebody else's life.” Deborah added that she had hoped the fundraiser would raise around £250,000, so was shocked at its huge success. “I thought that would be enough to fund a couple of projects across charities I wanted to fund. 24 hours to do a million and I'm absolutely mind blown,” she said.
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