My wife was diagnosed with Mouth Cancer in January of 2021 and from that day forward i promised her i would give her 100% attention and that i did . endless trips to the hospital radiation treatment doctors and pharmacies became whole part of normal life and cooking food for her that was digestible and at the same time look palipalatable but we done it
And this is how it stayed until late in may when she went in to Forest holme Poole of her own accord walked in with the aid of a stick and we were both looking forward to some treatment to improve her illness , we were both aware that she was going to die but there were no plans in place for this happening so soon remember that only two days earlier she had been shopping in the local supermarket and all was well so you can imagine my thoughts when all of a sudden there was this rapid decline in her condition
When i took her in she was placid quiet and understanding and i stayed with her lunch time and and all still well she seemed her normal self and as happy as she could be , i left and came back teatime as was the case everyday to find that she was put on a pureed food diet and when it arrived it looked disgusting and not fit for human consumption needless to say she never attempted to eat it and that was the case all the way through her stay at Forest Holme
The following day i arrived to find she had a DOLs placed on her and also crying as a result of verbal abuse remember we are talking about a girl that is so gentle and placid in life having worked in the care industry looking after the sick and elderly i was horrified me thinking that i was taking her into a place of love and care and consideration but no
When she went in i promised i would take her to see her garden her ducks and above all her cat this was her love in life to say maybe her final good byes and i was denied every day i asked and for that i will never forgive Forest Holme and till this day i will never understand how in just thirteen days she went from a girl that was managing her cancer to be taken out in a body bag at the end of the first week of june all my dreams shattered and i guess hers . we felt certain we had more time to play with and nobody told us different Also having visted her every dinner time and every tea time i did not see her eat any of the pureed food in any vist so begs the question did lack of food contribute to her un doing
I have apologized to her many times since her death and i have cried many many times about her death and the way it all turned out and the way she was treated Tears fill my eyes as i finish this
"My late wifes treatment"
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