This Is Us

How to Support Your Dying Loved One

I watched my husband go through different stages. Here’s what to expect.

Heather McLeod
Published in
11 min readNov 4, 2020

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Our display at my husband’s memorial service.

They told us my husband’s cancer was terminal: He had months to live. Maybe as long as a year. From that moment in the doctor’s office, we waited for death.

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Heather McLeod
Human Parts

Writing about losing my young husband to cancer, grief, widowhood & this new, Plan B life. www.heathermcleod.ca https://www.buymeacoffee.com/heathermcleod