My wife Jan died on Sunday night.
She was diagnosed with Metastatic liver cancer on the 12th July 2024.
Thanks to the work of NHS Highland, she died peacefully with her family around her. I was lucky, as I was able to tell her I loved her before she went.
I did manage to uphold her wishes and kept her at home, doing the majority of care myself, only having one of our daughters for Friday and Saturday night.
To those going through something similar, I am so sorry. This has been the hardest thing I have ever done, and am ever likely to do.
To those undergoing treatment, I wish you all the best, Jan was a shining example of being a cancer survivor.
She had breast cancer 24 years ago, which was treated by removal of 50% of her lymph nodes, a mastectomy, and chemotherapy. 5 years later, she had a lumpectomy and more chemo.
I look back and think I could have lost her a mere 5 years into our marriage, but managed to get 29 years of marriage, 31.5 years in total together.
Those are years I never thought I would have with my most special lady, one of the kindest, most caring women you could ever meet.
