Adele Roberts will feel "safer" if she can make it to five years cancer-free.
The 45-year-old radio host was diagnosed with stage two bowel cancer in October 2021 but was declared cancer-free just under a year later and thinks there is a possibility she could eventually live without her stoma bag, which she famously named Audrey.
She shared in a new interview: "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."
"I'm just hoping I get to five years cancer free, and then I'll feel a little bit safer. 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 added to Bella magazine.
The former Dancing On Ice contestant has realised that mental health goes hand-in-hand with physical health and is not sure she would have made it through her cancer battle had she not adopted a positive attitude.
Adele Roberts shares uplifting message on 'next steps' after beating cancer
She said: "I've realised that the mind leads the body. That's why I think running a marathon is the perfect metaphor for life. You've got to believe that you can do it. You have to keep yourself going when you're out there on the course, and the only way you can do that is mentally and that's how I tried to tackle cancer, too."
The former Dancing On Ice contestant has realised that mental health goes hand-in-hand with physical health (Nicky J Sims/Getty Images for DI)She went on: "I tried to lead with the mind first and not let it diminish who I was on the inside, and I think that being able to focus on that helped my body get through the chemo and all the treatment. I had to stay positive up here if I'd gone to that negative place, I don't think I'd be speaking to you today."
Adele visited her GP after finding blood in her poo in 2021 and, after her diagnosis that October, underwent surgery, chemotherapy, and had a stoma fitted – a surgically made hole in the abdomen that allows body waste to be removed through the end of the bowel into a collection bag.
The Radio DJ and Dancing On Ice star detailed how her physical health immediately changed after she received her life-shattering diagnosis in October 2021. In her autobiography, she looked back at the early signs of the illness and how the London Marathon that year will forever be etched in her mind.
Writing in her book, Personal Best: From Rock Bottom to the Top of the World, Adele says she felt like her body "just gave up and surrendered itself" once she'd been diagnosed. As the tumour and her symptoms became more prominent and unbearable, Adele writes the cancer was "killing her" and she had an "everyday battle" to carry on.
Fast forward to 2023 and Adele broke boundaries when she took her stoma to the dancefloor as a contestant on ITV ’s Dancing On Ice, finishing in third place.
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