'Dame Deborah James saved my life – I only wish I could have saved hers too'
‘I’D SPENT YEARS WITH BOWEL ISSUES BUT NEVER THOUGHT IT WAS CANCER’ – GEMMA CROSSLEY
Gemma, of Wigan, said: “I remember squeezing my husband Andy’s hand really hard when I got the call, but I just felt numb. “Debs touched everybody who followed her story, she saved so many of us. I think we all just wish we could have done the same for her.”PROPERTY firm worker Patricia Lever was told many times by docs her bowel problems were nothing to worry about — but Deborah inspired her to keep trying.
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