BBC Radio 1's Adele Roberts shares emotional journey with cancer as she gives health update

Adele Roberts, the Dancing on Ice star who was diagnosed with stage two bowel cancer in October 2021, has offered an update on her health journey.

After enduring months of intensive treatment, she was declared free of cancer less than a year later. Now 45 and living with a stoma bag she affectionately calls Audrey, the radio host has adjusted to her new normal.

But Adele confessed that if her stoma is reversed in the future, it would feel like a loss as Audrey has helped her a lot mentally during her health battle, reports OK!.

"As for the stoma, they can potentially reverse it in the future, which would be amazing, but at the same time - I think it would still feel like a loss to me because I feel like Audrey's helped me so much mentally. I would mourn that, but I also understand it's better to have your intestines inside your body," she shared with Bella magazine.

Adele remains under consistent medical surveillance to ensure her cancer does not recur. She disclosed: "I'm having blood tests every three months. I also have regular scans every six months, because the cancer is most likely to come back within the first two years of finishing treatment."

The former Big Brother contestant's cancer diagnosis came about after she sought medical advice due to discovering blood in her stools in 2021.

Following surgery and chemotherapy and having her stoma inserted, she is now looking forward to reaching five years cancer-free, once she's cleared two years in August 2024.

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After making history as the fastest runner with a stoma bag in the London Marathon, Adele penned the memoir, Personal Best, where she shared her battle and victories over cancer.

The memoir follows her journey from her diagnosis in October 2021 to being declared cancer-free in August 2022. It also includes an account of her record-breaking marathon run, done within a year after her chemo.

In a reflection of her journey, Adele earlier told OK!: "I wouldn't wish cancer on anybody but I definitely think it's made me a better person. When I first got diagnosed, the first thing I did was read other people's experiences, because I was really scared and didn't know what to expect. I thought, if I survive, I'll make sure I'll do the same for other people."

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