Claire received a diagnosis of HER-2 breast cancer in December 2020.
I had everything explained to me including what it was, how it is caused and the best way to help manage my symptoms. Due to radiotherapy, I was told it can take a year to calm down and we set up appointments to do regular lymph massage to help me get it under control and managed. They took measurements and gave me glove and sleeve compression bandages to wear daily that helped with the swelling.
Emily’s dad was diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer in September 2021 and was given 6-12 weeks to live. Emily said:
We didn’t know if he would make it to Christmas that year, but due to his immense strength and the help of the doctors, nurses and especially Hospice at Home West Cumbria, we were able to have almost a whole year with him. That meant he got to meet his grandson, watch his stepson get married and watch me, his daughter, graduate. Being with Dad almost every day for that final year of his life was the greatest privilege of my life, but we wouldn’t have got through it without the support from Hospice at Home West Cumbria.
Leanne sadly lost her mother-in-law to bone cancer last year, she said:
The nurse that looked after Iris the night she passed was worth her weight in gold.
I thought it was time to put pen to paper and say a big thank you for all the help myself and my dear husband received while trying to cope with his prostate cancer diagnosis.
Hospice at Home West Cumbria provided such wonderful care for my husband. They enabled him to spend his final days at home with me and our children and supported us through the saddest and most difficult time of our lives. I’ll always appreciate their dedication and sensitivity and the difference they made.