My Mam bravely fought cancer back in 2003. After many years of remission she was diagnosed with stage 4 metastatic cancer in April 2019. As a family, we were obviously devastated but reassured by the doctors  and nurses that this, although not curable, would be manageable and my Mam would be around for many years. She was initially doing very well, up until as recently as January of this year. Her scan results were coming back clear, no sign of the cancer having spread, and there was some healing on her bones. Unfortunately for her, this coincided with the caronavirus outbreak and the Welsh government's  decision to postpone all treatment for cancer patients. As a result of this decision my Mam developed complications and spent the past 6 months in and out of hospital, undergoing surgery because she had gone into kidney failure, blood transfusions because she had developed anaemia, and admittance for a number of infections.

Her body took a battering.

She was so strong and so brave right until the end. She passed away on 29th August.

My question is, has anybody else been let down by the government's response to the covid-19 outbreak?

We as a family feel like this decision sealed my Mams fate!

And now we have to live knowing that she was taken from us all too soon.