ROMANCE AND FACING DEATH
painful. On top of everything else, you think, ‘For God’s sake, how much more really can I take?’” But she adds bravely: “If my cancer deteriorates, I’d want to be in a hospice – my family are here. But if I thought I’d be racked with pain then, yes, I’d think of Dignitas.” Yet Linda remains cheery and upbeat, admitting she spends most of her time living in the moment. She is saddened, though, that two of her friends will not be at her birthday bash after losing their cancer battles. Brian & Linda were married for 26 years Linda with sisters Coleen, Bernie and Maureen She says: “They were quite recent friends. One I’ve known six years, the other I met when I was having radiotherapy in Preston.
“She’d also been re-diagnosed and she’d phone and say, ‘I feel s*** but you’re the only one who will understand how I feel’. It was a short relationship, but we had a bond.
“Although my cancer is contained, it’s still sitting on my hip. It just makes me think, I’m going to make the most of every day.”
halina.watts@mirror.co.uk