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i lost my daugther Kayleigh to bowel cancer 4 years in June. kayleigh was 23 when she died and i miss her so bloody much

  • I am so sorry to read about your daughter. It is the one thing that we never expect to do outlive our children. My 35 year old son died of bowel cancer, which had spread to the whole of his liver. He had a BRAF mutation which caused this and after his bowel tumour was removed at the beginning of may 2016 he started chemo six weeks later every fortnight for three days in hospital. He had dvts and trial drug was changed, a glimmer of hope in September then November no good news. Chemo ceased. He became very jaundiced and his liver was failing due to damaged by the chemo. He was so brave all through this and managed to carry on sorting things out for his wife to make her future easier, took to his bed Tuesday night and died on Thursday 19th jan 2017 10 days after his 35th birthday. We were all with him at his home, his wife, my husband and I and his two sisters, he died very peacefully for which I will be eternally grateful. We now have to learn to live our lives without him and I don't know how we are going to do this. I am so sorry for the loss of your daughter and I do not know how I can give you any words of comfort as I don't think they exist. lesliexx
  • Hi Lesley I too am so sorry for the loss of your Son. It has neeen nearly 4 years that I lost my darling Angel. I wish I could say it gets easier but it don't we just have to learn to live our day witmh our heartache. I must admit for me it has got harder. My other daughter Stephanie is 21 and has special needs so she's what helps me carry on everyday. I started a charity ball in her memory for our local hospice where Kay died and for Clic Sargent a young adult cancer trust a year after Kayleigh died. It gives me something to focus on and keeps her memory alive and also helps raise funds for other families. 

    Much love to you and your family xx feel free to message me if you need to vent xxx