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Yesterday morning at 3.35 my beautiful brave husband lost his fight with this horrible disease. He was diagnosed in July 2017 and endured 30 sessions of radiotherapy whilst having chemo which lasted until October. He then had 10 sessions of preventative brain radiotherapy. Despite all of this his cancer spread to the pancreas. We celebrated our last Christmas together with our children and grandchildren. I am not sure how we will manage to move on but for the sake of our little ones we will stay strong and build a future which will always feel as if there is something missing. We celebrated our 40th wedding anniversary in November last year so I can't remember a life without him in it. Fly high my darling now you are free. Love you forever. Xxx

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    Hi Christine,

    I was thinking of you only yesterday and had intended to ask for an update.

    I am so sorry to read this sad news. I send my sincere sympathy to you and your family. It has been a tough journey for both you and your husband and I expect that it will be a difficult time for you for some time to come. It is good that you seem to have a close family and a younger generation of grandchildren to keep you going. I hope that between you all you can continue to talk about him and recall happier times.

     Forty years is a long time to live with a loved one and you are fortunate that he has remained a loved one throughout this time. However, this makes the time ahead more difficult, because as you said, it will leave a huge hole at the family table for many years to come. You are a strong lady and I am sure that you will work with your family to make a life for the 3 little ones in the upcoming generation.

    Don’t forget that we are always here for you, if ever you want to talk.

    Kind regards,

    Jolamine xx

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    Hi Christine,

    I was thinking of you only yesterday and had intended to ask for an update.

    I am so sorry to read this sad news. I send my sincere sympathy to you and your family. It has been a tough journey for both you and your husband and I expect that it will be a difficult time for you for some time to come. It is good that you seem to have a close family and a younger generation of grandchildren to keep you going. I hope that between you all you can continue to talk about him and recall happier times.

     Forty years is a long time to live with a loved one and you are fortunate that he has remained a loved one throughout this time. However, this makes the time ahead more difficult, because as you said, it will leave a huge hole at the family table for many years to come. You are a strong lady and I am sure that you will work with your family to make a life for the 3 little ones in the upcoming generation.

    Don’t forget that we are always here for you, if ever you want to talk.

    Kind regards,

    Jolamine xx

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