Adele Roberts facing fresh health issue three years after being declared cancer-free

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Adele Roberts is facing more health woes, over four years since she was diagnosed with bowel cancer.

The former BBC Radio 1 DJ underwent intense treatment in October 2021, including chemotherapy and having a stoma fitted.

In June 2022, the overjoyed I’m A Celebrity star confirmed she had been given the all-clear.

However, fast forward to now, and she’s still encountering obstacles.

Adele, 46, frequently shares candid updates with her followers, the latest being that her iron count is low.

Taking to Instagram on Thursday, Adele shared a selfie from the hospital, sitting alongside her supportive, long-term partner, Kate Holderness.

Adele Roberts was declared cancer-free three years ago (Picture: Ken McKay/ITV/REX/Shutterstock) She had chemotherapy and needed a stoma bag fitted (Picture: Instagram)

She wrote: ‘Having a blood test today for my anaemia. Hopefully this one will go well and I can get more medication.’

Crossing her fingers in the pic, she added: ‘We’re not sure why my iron count is low… either damage to my blood from chemo or due to having a stoma.

‘Without my medication I have no energy. I’m not running at the moment and I’m so tired all the time.’

‘Hopefully I’ll get some more medicine once my GP has seen today’s results… otherwise I’m going to be consistently falling asleep until I die,’ she joked.

In a second post, after arriving home, Adele showed the plasters on her arms after the doctor had to try both to get the blood.

Adele then explained in a video that she’s also facing issues with her teeth.

Adele often shares candid health updates with her followers (Picture: Instagram) She’s having blood tests due to being deficient in iron (Picture: Instagram) Adele requires dental surgery due to damage to her teeth (Picture: Instagram)

‘OK, the next step of today’s “I’ve got no iron” problems…” so, in my book, if you remember, I got rejected from Dancing On Ice,’ she began.

‘I got rejected quite a few times, but the year before I got on, I got rejected because I casually mentioned to the doctor who gives you checks to check that you’re fit enough to go on the show that I was crushing ice all the time with my teeth. I used to, like, munch it all the time.

‘And he worked out that I probably had a problem with iron in my blood, so they sent me for a blood test, and then it came back that I had anaemia, and they were like, yeah, you can’t be on the show.’

Adele, who recently broke a world record for her marathon running, added: ‘So, long story, that’s how I ended up doing the marathon, actually, after Dancing On Ice, just to help myself get better. But it’s also the reason why all my teeth are battered as well and damaged, so not only did chemotherapy weaken my teeth, you can’t go to the dentist when you’re on chemotherapy because of the effect it has on your blood, I also smashed them all up with ice. So now I’m having to fix it!’

Adele shared that she’s currently in the process of having her ‘smile’ and ‘fillings’ sorted, noting that she ‘used to eat a lot of sweeties’ so her teeth were already ‘damaged’ before chemo ‘finished them off’.

She’s now having two teeth taken out, having sought advice from her girlfriend’s dentist.

Adele was rejected from Dancing On Ice several times before she was able to take part in 2024 (Picture: Kieron McCarron/ITV/REX/Shutterstock) The broadcaster recently smashed a marathon world record (Picture: Instagram)

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Finally, Adele shared that the medication she is on for her iron deficiency is Ferrous Fumarate, which she gets on prescription.

The broadcaster and 2024 Dancing On Ice star has spoken at length about the side effects of her cancer treatment, including how chemo took off her fingerprints and turned her tongue black.

Last month, she ran the London Marathon in aid of Cancer Research, having already taken part three previous times.

Adele was aiming to beat the current record by completing all seven major marathons in less than 24 hours, which includes races in not only London but also Tokyo, Boston, Sydney, Berlin, Chicago, and New York.

Having alredy set the world record for the fastest time a female completed the race with a stoma bag, this year, she smashed another, saying after crossing the finish line: ‘I hope [the world record] sends a message to anyone living with cancer or who has a stoma that we can achieve anything and our bodies are brilliant.’

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