I am not sure really where to post this, so apologies if it is in the wrong place - moderators please feel free to move it.
Bikinggirl, who was a fairly frequent user of this site, sadly passed away at Thorpe Hall Hospice in Peterborough on Saturday afternoon. She was 42 and it was her daughter Emily’s 12th birthday.
Tess had been in and out of the hospice with pain issues over the previous six weeks, and was fairly heavily sedated during this last week. However, she roused herself enough to open her daughter’s birthday cards with her in the morning, before going downhill rapidly in the afternoon.
As many of you will know, Tess (her real name) was a very gutsy lady who certainly had to endure more than anyone should over the past year in terms of disease side effects and treatments. I never heard her complain (although I always complain bitterly about every last twinge and pain from my treatments), and she was a tremendous support to others both through the informal support group we run locally, our secondaries site we set up together (secondarysupport.ning.com) and on this site. She was also tremendous fun and a stupendous shopper.
I hope she is in peace at last; what I do know is that she has left a big hole in my life and that of her family - husband, daughter and twin boys aged eight.
Justy x
Dear Justy, I’m so sad to hear this news. I remember Tess’s postings and her determined spirit. My deepest condolences to all her family.
Love never dies.
Rest in peace Tess, an inspirational lady to the very end.
Love Belinda…x
Justy I have sent you a private message, take care…x
Justy, I am so sad to hear this news, I know you will miss Tess enormously. She had amazing fighting spirit - I know she’d been through a lot of treatment and had coped with it all so well - she had a real zest for life and my heart goes out to her husband and three children. Very, very sad news
Lesley xx
This is such sad news,. I remember reading lots of her posts on here and her character and zest for life really shone. As you say Justy, she was one gutsy lady.
It’s so b**dy unfair
thinking of her family at this sad time and all her friends.
caroline
This is such sad news. I knew this disease was the pits!..and leaving so many children motherless, is possibly the most unforgivable aspect of it!..but to take a mother away on a child’s birthday is just too awful to put into words.
Sending my condolences to Tess’family and everybody that knew her.
Such awful news for all her friends and her family.
My heart goes out to her young daughter whose birthday will always be such a sad reminder and to her twin brothers too.
To lose a lovely young wife and mother is just too cruel for words.
May her family gather close to keep strong together.
Bless them all.
I remember her positive postings right from the first time I started using these forums, and that bright pink jacket in her picture. My heart goes out to her family and friends, please God let those Scientists come up with a cure for this dreadful disease soon.