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Every day I miss him

So that was it. Our only option was just what we did; we took him home and watched him die.

What do you want me to do? Get depressed?

During my recovery and treatment, the doctors told me that if it wasn't for my attitude I wouldn't have got through it as well as I did.

Fingers & toes crossed

I've been to Emergency plenty of times and what happened next had never happened before. A man came in and asked if he could say a prayer for me. I was clueless at the time, closed my eyes and listened. He left and the doctor came in...

You both have cancer?

How do you cope?!' That's the question I hate the most. You see, my wife was diagnosed with breast cancer in June 2010. I was having trouble myself but I chose to ignore it, which was a big mistake, as I was diagnosed with advanced rectal cancer in December 2010.

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