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Five Things I’ve learned through caring for my dad, who is terminally ill with ALS, by Mitzi.

October 16, 2019 Louise Winter

Mitzi is the primary caregiver to her father, who lives with ALS.

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Five Things I've learnt about preparing for the end of life, by Jacqui Graves.

October 16, 2019 Louise Winter

Jacqui is an experienced nurse, and is currently the Human Rights Lead at Sue Ryder, leading a three year project to design, deliver and evaluate a training programme called “What Matters to Me” - a human rights approach to the end of life.

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Five Things that comforted me after my mum’s death, by Karen Schlaegel.

October 16, 2019 Louise Winter

Karen’s mum died from bowel cancer in 2017, aged 71.

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Five Things I've learned about pregnancy and baby loss as a bereaved father, by Richard Boyd.

October 9, 2019 Louise Winter

Richard is a bereaved father of two stillborn twins and three rainbow children. He writes about his experiences online.

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Five Things I learnt from having a parent with a terminal illness, by Heledd Francis.

October 9, 2019 Louise Winter

Heledd’s father died in 2007 after living with lymphoma for 10 years.

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Five Things you shouldn't be ashamed of thinking after your loved one dies, by Kellyn Shoecraft.

October 9, 2019 Louise Winter

Kellyn set up a company to change the way people support each other through loss, after experiencing the death of her father and sister.

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Five Things that make this funeral celebrant sad, by Shena Lewington.

October 8, 2019 Louise Winter

Shena is a funeral celebrant and works in north west England.

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Five Things I've learnt from watching my daughter die from sepsis, by Sophie Mace.

October 8, 2019 Louise Winter

Sophie’s daughter Lexi died from sepsis in December 2017.

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Five Things I’ve learnt after losing my brother to brain cancer, by Becky Knight.

October 8, 2019 Louise Winter

Becky’s younger brother Stephen died in October 2018 at the age of 34, two weeks before what would have been his 35th birthday.

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Five Things I learned when my alcoholic father died, by Rachel Jenkins.

October 7, 2019 Louise Winter

Rachel’s alcoholic father died from flu and oesophageal cancer at the age of 76 in March 2018.

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Five Things I've learnt about alcohol and addiction, by Sarah Colwell.

October 7, 2019 Louise Winter

Sarah started drinking at the age of 16. She has been sober for six years.

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Five Things everyone needs to know about medical examiners, by Dr Suzy Lishman CBE.

October 4, 2019 Louise Winter

Suzy works as a consultant pathologist in Peterborough and is the past president of the Royal College of Pathologists.

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Five Things I wish everyone knew about post-mortem examinations, by Dr Suzy Lishman CBE.

October 4, 2019 Louise Winter

Suzy works as a consultant pathologist in Peterborough and is the past president of the Royal College of Pathologists.

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Five Things I’ve learned since the sudden loss of my dad, by Victoria Hopkins.

September 25, 2019 Louise Winter

Victoria’s dad died suddenly in July 2019.

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Five Things I’ve learned about organ donation, by Justine Wykerd.

September 25, 2019 Louise Winter

Justine became an organ donor at the age of 17. Two members of her family have also had a second chance of life thanks to organ donations.


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Five Things I've learnt since my mum died from vaginal cancer, by Tracey Herring.

September 25, 2019 Louise Winter

Tracey’s mum died from vaginal cancer in 2017. She was 71.


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Five Things I’ve learned since being diagnosed with a progressive lifelong illness, by Jamie Birch.

September 25, 2019 Louise Winter

Jamie lives with psoriatic arthritis, a progressive lifelong illness.


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Five Things I’ve learnt since becoming an unexpected widower, by Gary Andrews.

September 25, 2019 Louise Winter

Gary became a widower when his wife Joy died from sepsis in 2017. She was 41.


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Five Things we're learnt since our son had a liver transplant, by the Maceachen family.

September 24, 2019 Louise Winter

After being diagnosed with the liver disease Biliary Atresia at just nine weeks old, Harry Maceachen has had two liver transplants.


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Five Things I have learned from my stem cell transplant, by Katherine Murray.

September 15, 2019 Louise Winter

Katherine was training to be an ENT surgeon when she was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukaemia in November 2018. She had a stem cell transplant in May 2019.


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