Dr. Philippa Kaye got excited this morning as she spoke candidly about her friend Deborah James and her cancer journey.
The 42-year-old London GP appeared on the show today and said they shared an “enormous bond” with the cancer activist while he was in intensive care “in the midst of the pandemic”.
“I consider myself very lucky to have been diagnosed with stage 2, which means my prognosis is much better,” said the mother of three, who was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2019.
Talking about her connection with Deobrah, she said they have a connection that only a person with cancer can provide, but said, “Sometimes the price of this support and the price of this friendship seems really high and it’s very high right now.” sad.’
Philippa’s friend Deborah shared a heartbreaking post on social media this week, announcing that she’s quitting active colon cancer treatments and moving into a home nursing home.
Talking to hosts Phillip Schofield and Rochelle Humes, she encouraged viewers to pay attention to her colon cancer symptoms and shared her heartbreaking story.
Philippa was thrilled to talk about their time together in the hospital, after Doctor Philippa’s friend Deborah made a heartbreaking social media post this week, announcing she was quitting active colon cancer treatments and moving into a home nursing home.
Being alone in the ICU and in the hospital in the middle of the pandemic, we are connected and have mutual understanding, and these are the 11 or 3 PM messages in the morning, and that connection is enormous and that’s what you look like… and sometimes that support and that friendship come at a cost. it looks really high and it’s so sad right now.
Dr. Philippa Kaye got excited this morning as she spoke candidly about her friend Deborah James and her cancer journey.
Deborah has created a Just Giving page for Cancer Research UK that has already raised over £3.5m.
Dr. Philippa continued: “It’s a sign of what a wonderful person you are, willing to help other people even in the darkest moments…even in the end”.
Regarding her own diagnosis in 2019, she said: “I’ve been very lucky – I’ve had multiple surgeries and cesarean sections and I have had a lot of pain occasionally and the doctor said it was probably just scar tissue, but it’s probably a necessary bowel. Surgeon if your uterus is attached to your intestines.
“And I remember you telling me ‘oh, less than one in 10,000 at your age thinks something bad… so basically I consider myself extremely lucky because I was diagnosed at stage 2 which meant my prognosis was much better. I’ve still had multiple surgeries and chemotherapy and a whopper as of September 2020 but currently no evidence of the disease and I’m cancer free.
Philippa got excited talking about their time together at the hospital and said she “connected” with the cancer activist while she was in intensive care.
Talking to hosts Phillip Schofield and Rochelle Humes, she encouraged viewers to pay attention to her colon cancer symptoms and shared her heartbreaking story.
“And what Deborah is campaigning for is early detection because we can cure it, but we have to get it early.”
As for warning signs to look out for, he said, “If bowel changes persist for more than three weeks, or if you have abdominal pain that has persisted for more than three weeks, blood in the stool, unexplained weight loss, or extreme tiredness.”
“We need to be a company that looks at toilet paper and the toilet seat before we flush the toilet.”
On Deborah You’s latest podcast, Me and the Big C, which aired yesterday, she emotionally greeted her devoted listeners and announced that she had decided to spend her days looking after their child, Hugo, in her family’s bungalow in Woking. (14) and Eloise. , 12, perpetual memories at their London home.
Source: Daily Mail
