I'm back after a long hiatus. a lot has happened.
In march 2022 we discovered my wife had breast cancer. She had chemo, radiotherapy, lymph nodes under an armpit removed and a mastectomy (a boob taken away) plus 8 months of injections of something i forget now. We were relieved to see the back of her treatment. It really took it's toll on her, yet she never complained.
In September 2023 she had finished her treatment, so we went away for a short holiday and had a great time. At the end of november she displayed the F.A.S.T symptoms, so i took her to the hospital as i thought she was having a stroke. She wasn't having a stroke. the cancer had returned and she had 3 tumours growing on her brain. The oncologist gave her 12 months to live. We spent the next few months making the best of it. Jo went into hospital as her mobility escaped her, and there she stayed for four weeks before we took the decision to move her to a hospice. By now she had lost all mobility and was a bit confused. I wouldn't wish anyone to see their loved one slowly slip away. She passed away after just two weeks of arriving there, at 10;14am on 7th may 2024. I arrived at the hospice just 15 minutes after she had died, our eldest daughter 5 minutes ahead of me. I always thought i'd be freaked out by seeing a dead body up close, but when it's someone you love, it's different. She was still warm. I foolishly shook her shoulder to try and wake her?! (yeah, i know) Our daughters, her parents, siblings and close friends sat with her for a few hours, but as she was getting cold, i had to leave. My wife, our girls mum, our Queen was gone....
This photo was taken the day before i moved in with her and her girls on Saturday, 18th June 2005. I was 31, Jo was 33, the girls were 4, 6 and 10.
She was a doting Nana. Nothing gave her more pleasure than letting her grandkids run amok and take the piss!
She was the perfect wife in some ways, not in others. We had wildly different tastes in music, politics, tv, films... now as i'm typing this, it doesn't seem like a good match, does it? Opposites attract, and she was the calming yin to my erratic yang. She was witty, clever and saucy lol. After losing my best mate Joel, this felt doubly unfair. No other best mate has let me play with....oh...actually, i'll leave it there.
Rest well in that woodland place that we interred you, we're due to plant a tree on top of you this month. Full cycle, you're providing new life again, but without the swearing and pain. My beautiful wife. I miss you x
My wife passing has allowed me to get back into the scene, as i said she wasn't a fan of my music, so i didn't really get involved to the limits i used to.
DJ Euphoria is back.
But that story is for next time......
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