Overview
- The child-abuse campaigner and adoptive mother of Tony says her bowel cancer has returned as stage 4 and is now incurable after spreading to a lung.
- She says she saw GPs 14 times over roughly four years as symptoms were attributed to IBS or menopause before testing confirmed cancer in 2022.
- Initial surgery and chemotherapy cleared the disease, but she later endured bowel blockages, further operations, a temporary stoma and sepsis.
- In new interviews she describes the toll on her family, saying it hit her that she may not live to see Tony’s wedding.
- She vows to keep supporting the Tony Hudgell Foundation and urges people to get checked early, telling followers to check their poo.