To feel so sad about Deborah James?

[WhatsHoppening]

I’ve followed her for so long and have so much respect for her campaigning to raise money and awareness for bowel cancer. So young with so much more to give to the world. I can’t even imagine how hard it must be for her kids and family 💔
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-61388961

Do you think anyone will say YABU?

It's heartbreaking 💔
At only 40 with a loving family and 2 children it really is so so cruel. She's so brave to have spent the last 5 years fighting a strong fight all while raising money and awareness for bowel cancer too.
What a truly inspirational woman she is.

She's some woman. I sent a donation last night after reading her very touching post on Instagram.
Her legacy will be one of fun, love, determination and dancing ❤️

It is very very sad but look at the legacy she's been able to leave behind. I hope her family can take comfort from that.

I see similar professionally and want to scream sometimes - we humans are so clever with technology etc put a man on the moon can we not save this person (saw a lovely 24 year old and 51 year old mum of teens die in one week last year).

@A580Hojas this was probably the wrong area to post it in you’re right. I don’t know why it’s really affected me all day. We are similar ages and I re listen to you me and the big c when I want some easy listening regularly. She feels like a friend.

My step mother died of ovarian cancer and her last weeks were brutal. I still can't get my head around a so called civilised society that allows this level of human suffering

I hope she is pain free and surrounded by love.

I've taken some comfort from her mentioning that the focus is on ensuring she's pain free.

DH's mum died from cancer when he was 21 and her final week was hard but it got to a stage where the [well known charity] nurses were able to say DH needed to be back that night. Nobody ever said it out loud at the time but it was strongly implied that she was helped along before it was too agonising.

No, she seems like a truly lovely lady. I’ve followed her too and I think she’s incredible.

Unfortunately my cousin is also currently in hospice at home care due to a different type of very aggressive cancer. She probably now has days left. She’s also in her 40s, so it seems especially poignant to us.

Its all just horrifically sad and so unfair.

I was so sorry to see this.Life seems so cruel sometimes and random .My sisters friend is very ill with this too .Heart goes out to her and her family xx

Who the fuck is saying YABU????

She’s an amazing woman. It’s incredibly sad.

Having recently nursed my DH through his final days with bile duct cancer (never a good prognosis with that one) I think this is on completely the wrong area and should be moved. Death from cancer is fucking grim.

Very sad. She is a powerhouse of a woman

What a lesson in how to live! She's really shown me how to find the joy, dance in the rain and make the most of every moment. She is a force of nature in the best possible way. She's done so much for so many. I hope she's peaceful and her family find comfort in how much she was admired.

Yes it's sad. Poor woman.

So far 14% have said just that.

So sorry that this has happened.

I agree, it would be better in chat.

I’m really sorry I didn’t mean to be in any way disrespectful. I’ve reported and asked for it to be moved. I followed your posts about your husband and I’m so sorry you went through that :(

It’s been moved thanks @mnhq

Thank you@WhatsHoppening

It’s so sad OP. I’ve been following Deborah James from the beginning too and just knew she was deteriorating and praying for her and her family she would make some kind of miracle but she has been so very poorly since Christmas time. It’s so very sad, she has done so much for charity and raising awareness and still so young.
I fucking hate cancer. We lost our 4 year old niece to a brain tumour and my MIL died a horrible death 18 months ago from bowel cancer. I just don’t understand why the end has to be like this for humans. One thing I know is that I will never, ever let my dog suffer like my niece and MIL have. We can have the choice to end suffering for our pets but not our loved ones, that needs to change.

@Nocrispsinthehouse I’m so sorry what a difficult time you’ve had. Heartbreaking 💔

When will there be a cure for this wretched disease. I've just been to my nephews wedding his mum (my sister) died of stomach cancer six years ago. He was with her when she died. She should have been at his wedding. It really does devastate lives.

I just don’t understand why the end has to be like this for humans. One thing I know is that I will never, ever let my dog suffer like my niece and MIL have. We can have the choice to end suffering for our pets but not our loved ones, that needs to change.

I agree but in Deborah's case it sounds like she's been fighting it to the very end through choice. If I had children I think I probably would too. It just feel so unfair that she doesn't get to grow old with her husband or watch her children grow up. She's fought for every last moment she can have but now it's just too difficult.

Devastating and very unfair. I feel really deeply for Deborah and her family. How agonising to know that death is days away.