The Radio 5 Live newsreader was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer in November 2016 before undergoing several rounds of gruelling chemotherapy.
Rachael, who lives in Cheshire with her husband Steve and two-year-old son Freddie, has now spoken out about the phone call she received while out with her son, telling her the cancer had spread.
The 40-year-old revealed she was forced to 'scoop her son up' and go home to 'break her husband's heart' with the news her cancer was incurable.
She added: ‘I feel a bit like a grenade with the pin out. We are waiting and hoping.’
Rachael, a BBC news presenter for more than 15 years, has documented her battle on her emotional and inspiring blog, 'Big C Little Me. Putting the Can into Cancer', and her podcast, 'You, Me & the Big C'.
Thousands of listeners tune in to BBC Radio Five Live to hear her weekly discussions with Lauren Mahon and Deborah James of the highs and lows of living with cancer.
Frank conversations about toilet-related traumas, ‘intimate’ medical exams and sex when you’re ill has propelled the You, Me & The Big C podcast to the top of the iTunes chart.
However on May 20 Rachael shared the heartbreaking news the cancer had taken hold of her skin.
She wrote: 'I would love to be writing you a more positive post but unfortunately, the bad news keeps on racking up. My lymph node surgery in February went to plan but the results as ever weren't good.
'Seven out of 19 nodes removed were positive for cancer – a sign the previous 4 months of chemo hadn't really cut the mustard.
'Still, my surgeon was happy he'd done as much as he could and a subsequent CT scan a couple of weeks later showed no new nasty surprises.
'Still, no reason to be reaching for the life boats just yet.
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