Victoria Derbyshire completes final stage of chemotherapy: 'I can't stop crying'

'I think it might be six months of tears just coming out in one go'

Victoria Derbyshire has said she “can’t stop crying” after completing the final stage of chemotherapy for breast cancer.

The BBC presenter has been filming video diaries since she was diagnosed with breast cancer at the end of July last year.

“I'm home and I'm happy and I can't stop crying, which is mad,” the 47-year-old said.

“I think it might be six months of tears just coming out in one go, if that's possible.

“When it was over, the drugs had stopped going into me through the IV drip ... I think I felt in shock, I couldn't really speak. Which is not like me, as you'll have gathered”.

The former presenter on Newsnight and BBC Radio 5 said she was looking forward to celebrating with her sons.

“Now I just want to see my boys after work. After work? After school, and have a cuddle and have a celebratory tea and get on with the rest of my life”.

The video then cuts to her sons giving her a bouquet of flowers and singing “Happy end of chemo mummy. No more chemo!”, to which she replies “Gosh, thank you”.

The Lancashire-born journalist shared the video with her 50,000-plus followers on Twitter.

Derbyshire has been filming the video diaries in order to demystify the treatment process and help women in a similar position. At the start of October, she documented her mastectomy and recovery.

She has also spoken candidly about her decision to wear a wig after losing hair during chemotherapy treatment.

“The idea, a few weeks ago, of wearing a wig absolutely horrified me. It represented stress, it represented something peculiar and not me. And now, I can put it on for five minutes in the morning,” she said in her January video diary.

“I have got used to wearing a wig, which is something I never thought I could say. It lets me just crack on and get on with things which is absolutely great.”