My wife, Claudette, was diagnosed with endometrial cancer four years ago, she had a hysterectomy and radiotherapy, and we thought she was in remission. Unfortunately, it re-occurred in the neck (which caused her a considerable amount of pain as it was not diagnosed for a considerable time) and was again radiotherapied. Over the last year it has re-occurred three times and each has been radiotherapied. It has now returned and has been diagnosed as terminal. Whilst the way the news was broken was, to say the least insensitive, the palliative care has been excellent, she was in the local hospice, the Earl Mountbatten at Newport, we live on the Isle of Wight, two days later for pain assessment. She has been there ten days and was released today. Whilst I have cared for her for the past year, it was alway in the hope that there would be a full recovery, now she has come home to die, although we've no idea of the timescale (we're seeing the consultant again tomorrow). We now have appropriate aids (rising bed, shower board, raised toilet) to help her. I intend to use this blog to write my thoughts as things develop.
