jonny round boy
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As some of you may know, my partner of 13 years, Kate, was diagnosed with breast cancer just over 3 years ago. Just over 1 year ago, she developed secondary tumours in her lungs.
Unfortunately, around 3 weeks ago we discovered that she had also developed secondaries in one of her kidneys, but more worryingly also in her brain. Prior to that, we had expected her to have a couple of years left, however we were told she would have in the region of a few weeks to a few months. Within a couple of days of that diagnosis however, she suffered a couple of falls, and also had a major seizure.
It turned out that one of the tumours in her brain was extremely large, aggressive, and inoperable. She has deteriorated very rapidly over the last few weeks, and I'm sad to report that she passed away late last night in hospital.
Some of you I have corresponded with offline about Kate; a few FOG members even met her when we made our trip to New York back in September last year. That trip was on her 'bucket list', and it was undoubtedly one of her favourite memories. She even enjoyed a trip to the Tool Nut, despite it being about tools, due in no small part to the warmth with which we were received and the people we were fortunate to meet there. Thank you to those members, who made us feel so welcome.
Jonathan
Unfortunately, around 3 weeks ago we discovered that she had also developed secondaries in one of her kidneys, but more worryingly also in her brain. Prior to that, we had expected her to have a couple of years left, however we were told she would have in the region of a few weeks to a few months. Within a couple of days of that diagnosis however, she suffered a couple of falls, and also had a major seizure.
It turned out that one of the tumours in her brain was extremely large, aggressive, and inoperable. She has deteriorated very rapidly over the last few weeks, and I'm sad to report that she passed away late last night in hospital.
Some of you I have corresponded with offline about Kate; a few FOG members even met her when we made our trip to New York back in September last year. That trip was on her 'bucket list', and it was undoubtedly one of her favourite memories. She even enjoyed a trip to the Tool Nut, despite it being about tools, due in no small part to the warmth with which we were received and the people we were fortunate to meet there. Thank you to those members, who made us feel so welcome.
Jonathan
