Countryfile's Adam Henson's wife admits 'getting complacent' in their relationship before being diagnosed with cancer By Zac Campbell Published: 10:00, 27 May 2024 | Updated: 10:07, 27 May 2024 e-mail View comments Countryfile presenter Adam Henson's wife has admitted to 'getting complacent' in their relationship before she was diagnosed with cancer . In December 2020, Charlie Gilbert became ill but believed it to be nothing serious - initially thinking that she had caught something from handling one of their couple's farm animals. However, Charlie was still showing worrying symptoms three months later and went for further tests which found a four-and-a-half centimetre tumour on her pancreas.
The news was all the more shocking for the couple as each of them had known people who had passed away from pancreatic cancer. After being told of the tumour, Charlie shared how the news made her realise she wanted to marry Adam, 58, having been in a relationship with him since the pair were teenagers. Countryfile presenter Adam Henson's wife has admitted to 'getting complacent' in their relationship before she was diagnosed with cancer (pictured in 2019) What is pancreatic cancer? Pancreatic cancer is a cancer that's found anywhere in the pancreas.
The pancreas is an organ in the top part of your tummy. It helps you digest your food and makes hormones, such as insulin. How serious pancreatic cancer is depends on where it is in the pancreas, how big it is, if it has spread and your gener.
