DAME Deborah James’ final TV appearance will air this evening as the Sun writer shares a life-saving message.
The clip was filmed before the 40-year-old was moved to palliative care at her parents’ home in Woking, Surrey, last month.
Since her bowel cancer diagnosis in 2016, Debs has been an avid campaigner – urging people to be aware of the signs and symptoms of the illness.
It was this passion that made the mum-of-two, who is known to her followers as BowelBabe, a Dame.
On tonight’s episode of Embarrassing Bodies, Debs chats to GP Dr Tosin Ajayi-Sotubo about why talk of poo, should never be a taboo.
Deborah, who stunned at Royal Ascot yesterday, said before she was diagnosed, the biggest change she saw was in her bowel habits.
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She explained: “I started going to the poo – we need to say that – eight times a day. And I used to be a once a day kind of girl.
“Then I started getting really tired and I remember drinking loads of cups of coffee just to try and keep myself awake.
“Then I started losing loads of weight and I started having poo in my blood.”
It was the combination of these changes, Deborah said, that led her to having a ‘gut instinct that something wasn’t right.
During the clip that airs tonight on E4 at 10pm, Debs says she is hooked up to a lot of leads.
She adds: “I’m obviously stuck in this hospital bed, but I was wondering, can you take this message out to the streets for me.
“Let’s not be embarrassed about it.
“We all poo, like our favourite celebrities poo, let’s kind of break down, smash those taboos because quite frankly that is going to save lives. Let’s spread the word.”
At the time of filming, Deborah was receiving treatment at The Royal Marsden.
On March 12 she posted to Instagram that she was in hospital with a septic infection.
A month before, Debs had to have life-saving surgery after she was rushed to hospital by her husband Sebastien Bowen.
Earlier this month, Debs gave permission for the clip to be aired.
She previously told Trending In The News: “I’ve given my blessing for this episode to run if I’m gone, if it helps save one life it will be worth it.”
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