As the IV was fitted, I saw the agony leave my husband Nigel’s face for the first time.

Finally, after a year of seeking medical help, I thought maybe we were getting somewhere.

But the next day, we were told Nigel had cancer – they didn’t specify which cancer specifically at that point – and that, because it had been undetected for so long , it had spread everywhere. Even the doctors were alarmed.

The cancer was so advanced, he was put straight on to palliative care.

We had no words; devastation doesn’t cut it. I held Nigel’s hand as I broke down. He remained silent.

I couldn’t think what to say to someone who not only has cancer, but has it everywhere in their body.

‘Oh my god, how am I going to tell the children?’, I thought.

It all started around early 2023, when Nigel noti

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