{"id":449693,"date":"2023-12-19T18:21:21","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T18:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/totalcelnews.com\/?p=449693"},"modified":"2023-12-19T18:21:21","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T18:21:21","slug":"inside-esther-rantzens-illness-and-why-she-was-relieved-when-lump-in-her-armpit-was-diagnosed-as-lung-cancer-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totalcelnews.com\/tv-movies\/inside-esther-rantzens-illness-and-why-she-was-relieved-when-lump-in-her-armpit-was-diagnosed-as-lung-cancer-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside Esther Rantzen's illness and why she was \u2018relieved\u2019 when lump in her armpit was diagnosed as lung cancer | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
TV legend Esther Rantzen has opened up about her illness – revealing why she was "relieved" when a lump in her armpit was diagnosed as lung cancer.<\/p>\n
The BBC presenter was told she had stage four terminal cancer in January.<\/p>\n
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But Esther, 83, does not know how long she has left – and is waiting for a scan to find out.<\/p>\n
Speaking on the Today programme's podcast, Esther said: "I didn\u2019t think I would make it to my birthday.<\/p>\n
"I definitely didn\u2019t think I\u2019d make it to this\u00a0Christmas, which I am, it appears.<\/p>\n
"Anything can happen. I live in a forest, a tree can fall on me.<\/p>\n