Hi I lost my husband 3 weeks today it’s his funeral tomorrow. We would have been married 11 years on 25th August but I’ve known him for 25 years. He was 46 and has left behind our children 8 and 3. He was my absolute world and  my heart is broken forever. He was a fantastic husband, daddy and friend. He was diagnosed on 31 January this year and even though we travelled to London from the midlands for private treatment he could not been saved despite the excellent medical care and options we were given. It was not the cancer as such that killed him but the toxins given off by his tumour which caused his liver to become blocked. He was quite lucky as although he was really unwell in December, January and part of February he got much better and the symptoms subsided which gave us hope for the future. However a course of chemotherapy didn’t work and he was admitted to hospital 4 days into a 12 day program of radiotherapy and died a week later. We are in total shock. I’m glad in one way that the end was quite quick as I was having nightmares about our kids seeing their dad decline over a long period of time if the cancer couldn’t be treated and how this would affect them.  I don’t know how we are going to get through this. This week has been so hard having to finalise funeral arrangements and then today I’m going to see him in the chapel of rest as my 8 year old wants to give daddy some toys, cards and a blanket to keep him warm so I’m going to put them with him in the coffin. The 3 year old is too young to comprehend what has happened but knows his dad isn’t around anymore. I don’t know how we will move on from this but I guess you just have to take each day at a time. I’m sorry for the loss of your wife and can’t imagine as I’m not there yet what the months have been like since she passed away.

Hi I lost my husband 3 weeks today it’s his funeral tomorrow. We would have been married 11 years on 25th August but I’ve known him for 25 years. He was 46 and has left behind our children 8 and 3. He was my absolute world and  my heart is broken forever. He was a fantastic husband, daddy and friend. He was diagnosed on 31 January this year and even though we travelled to London from the midlands for private treatment he could not been saved despite the excellent medical care and options we were given. It was not the cancer as such that killed him but the toxins given off by his tumour which caused his liver to become blocked. He was quite lucky as although he was really unwell in December, January and part of February he got much better and the symptoms subsided which gave us hope for the future. However a course of chemotherapy didn’t work and he was admitted to hospital 4 days into a 12 day program of radiotherapy and died a week later. We are in total shock. I’m glad in one way that the end was quite quick as I was having nightmares about our kids seeing their dad decline over a long period of time if the cancer couldn’t be treated and how this would affect them.  I don’t know how we are going to get through this. This week has been so hard having to finalise funeral arrangements and then today I’m going to see him in the chapel of rest as my 8 year old wants to give daddy some toys, cards and a blanket to keep him warm so I’m going to put them with him in the coffin. The 3 year old is too young to comprehend what has happened but knows his dad isn’t around anymore. I don’t know how we will move on from this but I guess you just have to take each day at a time. I’m sorry for the loss of your wife and can’t imagine as I’m not there yet what the months have been like since she passed away.