My beautiful wife

My beautiful wife sadly passed away on 22nd December 2020 after being diagnosed with bowel cancer in April 2020, we have been married for 31 years and been together for 35 years. Life is so difficult now and a big hole has been left in my heart. 
I am contacting the doctors today as after a lot of thoughts, my wife had been going to the doctors for over 2 years saying that she was always tired, feeling unwell and also pains in her right shoulder and also pain in her back around the liver area, the doctor came up with all sorts of things including being overweight and arthritis, only in March did they put her in for a non urgent scan, she was in so much pain that we ended up going to an emergency doctor that got her an emergency scan within 2 days and diagnosed cancer within 1 week, the cancer had already spread to her liver of which made her cancer untreatable 

I feel robbed by those doctors as if they had done their job properly and a scan maybe 18 months earlier and my wife would still be alive today 

I love my wife so much and find it so hard to keep going but I have 3 wonderful children and 3 lovely grandchildren that keep me from going mad 

Parents
  • Hello I'm sorry for your loss  this world really is a cruel place I lost my wife on the same day  to breast cancer she way 39  left behind myself and two boys she 9 and 2  I don't want to go on with out my wife  I have to try for the boys 

  • Hi 

     

    it is extremely difficult and I totally understand as my wife was not only my wife but also my best friend as well and sole partner, at the moment we are simply lost in a big world 

    for the sake of your children you need to be strong and give them a life that would make your wife so proud of you

    In My mind I keep telling myself that I was lucky to get to spend 35 years with my wife , although it is still extremely hard

    but the love of my children as with you and your children will help you going forward 

  • Hi sound like the doctor messed up completely with your wife  that must be so hard for you on top of everything else. I'm I mess  a real mess   She was my life my meaning of live  she could do literally anything for me we trust each other completely in every way possible  our bedroom is  just like she left it  with gives me some comfort ! My last promises to her was to look after our boy  I have no idea how I'm going to do that but I must for her 

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  • Hi sound like the doctor messed up completely with your wife  that must be so hard for you on top of everything else. I'm I mess  a real mess   She was my life my meaning of live  she could do literally anything for me we trust each other completely in every way possible  our bedroom is  just like she left it  with gives me some comfort ! My last promises to her was to look after our boy  I have no idea how I'm going to do that but I must for her 

Children
  • Hi 

    I have had my first bereavement counselling session this afternoon and it really helped to be able just to get things out, nothing ever prepares us to lose our life partner. I do think though talking to a person who is not part of the family seems to help as they are not suffering the Same grief 

    one of the last things my wife said to me was to always look out for our grandchildren and give them enough love for both of us

    i also find it helps to write things down and I also wrote my wife's eulogy and read it out in church 

    children are our future and you sound like you really love your children so much, through them you will find the strength to keep going 

    I am requesting my wife's medical record as I believe that there is malpractice involved 

    I wish you all the best for the future and use your children to give you that strength to keep going 

  • I'm glad you had your first counselling session sounds like it helped you   Glad you seem ok. I'm can't stop asking why her why me  why our children we are all good people 

  • Hi Chris 

     

    I ask exactly the same question over and over again and still don't have the answer and like you we were good people and never harmed anyone in our lives, my wife was the most selfless person I ever knew

    I imagine your wife was the same and only lived for her family 

     

    take care