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“At some point, we always die. It could be any time really for me, but luckily at the moment I can still work here at\u00a0TalkTV\u00a0and Radio.”<\/p>\n
While James says this \u201ccould be [his] last Christmas\u201d,\u00a0he is not letting his condition get him down.<\/p>\n
The brave father-of-two continued: “I\u2019ve had a good life, I can\u2019t complain. But\u00a0I\u2019m\u00a0just\u00a0going to\u00a0make the next months as entertaining and interesting as I can, which is all any of us can do.\u201d<\/p>\n
The former Celebrity Big Brother star previously beat the cruel disease in 2000. He underwent an operation for which he was given a 50 percent chance of survival and opted not to have chemotherapy afterwards.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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In 2006, he launched the James Whale Fund for Kidney Cancer which aims to raise awareness and funds for research into the illness.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, kidney cancer is often hard to detect as it\u00a0doesn\u2019t\u00a0have any obvious symptoms in its\u00a0early stages.<\/p>\n
According to the NHS, when there are symptoms, they can include blood in urine, a loss of appetite or weight, tiredness,\u00a0a high temperature\u00a0and sweating.<\/p>\n
Another sign is a lump or swelling in your back, under your ribs, or in your neck, as well as pain between your ribs and waist that does not go away.\u00a0<\/p>\n