Denise Robertson has been This Morning's agony aunt for 28 years, since the first show's very first broadcast, but she's now been absent from the sofa for several weeks.

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Viewers have been wondering why she hasn't been around to help with their problems — and today This Morning explained that Robertson has sadly been away because she's been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.

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And Robertson left a message of her own on the This Morning Facebook page with more details about her illness, saying "I don't plan to give up without a fight."

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