Victoria Derbyshire admits barely speaking to husband amid fearing death after cancer news

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I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! 2020 contestant Victoria Derbyshire, 52, candidly discussed her experience with breast cancer with camp mate Jessica Plummer, 28, during Saturday’s episode. The journalist told the EastEnders star she barely spoke to her husband after getting diagnosed as all she could think about was dying. 

We just had no words because honestly all I was thinking was I’m going to die

Victoria Derbyshire

Victoria shares sons Oliver, 16, and 13-year-old Joe with her husband Mark, who she married in 2018.

Speaking to Jess in the latest episode of the show, the journalist said: “We could barely speak, you know.

“We could barely speak to each other.

“We are talkers, we are open, we are you know, and we just had no words because honestly all I was thinking was I’m going to die.”

“Seriously, I’m going to die. And then, I thought I’m not going to see my boys grow up, I’m not going to grow old with Mark, I mean it was just, I just thought my luck’s run out, you know?”

Victoria went on to praise the NHS for saving her life as she went on to discuss the moment she knew something wasn’t right with her breasts.

She continued: “I was going to bed on a Sunday night and getting undressed in the bathroom, I think I’d had a bath, and I just looked in the mirror and my right breast was about two inches lower than my left.

“I knew that wasn’t how I normally looked. Not only that, the nipple had become inverted so it was as though someone was pulling it backwards, do you know what I mean?

“Honestly, I thought, Oh that looks weird, I’ll just sort that tomorrow. I did not think anything.”

After noticing a change in her body she sought advice from a doctor in 2015.

Five days later, the mother-of-two was diagnosed with stage two lobular breast cancer.

Victoria underwent intense chemotherapy and radiotherapy and had a single mastectomy to have one of her breasts removed.

In 2016, she got the all-clear.

The journalist went on to tell Jess that she didn’t have a lump, but her cancer was “all over” her breast.

She went on to highlight the importance of not only getting checked for lumps, but to also check for changes in the appearance of breasts and nipples.

“If you get it early, it’s totally doable. You will survive,” she added.

Jess said of the candid chat with her camp mate: “Victoria is an incredible, strong woman.

“I feel like I’ve learned so much just from that conversation.

“So much that I’m going to make sure I tell my daughter.”

I’m A Celebrity airs daily from 9pm on ITV.

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