Karen

Karen's husband Roy was diagnosed with throat cancer at 49. "We never really talked about him dying, me and Roy. It wasn't easy. We didn’t explain what the doctor had said - that he was going to die - because I think he would have found it upsetting. I don’t know if he knew he was dying – I don’t think he did. That part when he died was probably the hardest part. I didn’t cry about it. I found it hard to speak about it but I felt very sad inside. I went to see him every day in the hospital and in the nursing home in the end. That is where I met Sue, who helped me through the process. She is a bereavement worker but she is also a dear friend of mine now. I tried to carry on with life. You never really forget: even to this day I still have him in my heart."