21 March 2017
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Stories
Let’s end the humiliation
Ken Attenborough’s mother died about 12 years ago as a result of a brain tumor, caused by melanoma. The suffering and humiliation his mother endured is not something he believes anyone should have to live through. “She was very weak after the chemo and the tumor kept growing and growing which affected her eyesight and balance…She got really bad diarrhoea and she hated that her kids had to take her to the toilet. But the biggest problem was that she couldn’t get to the toilet in time.” Mr Attenborough said his mother repeatedly asked him to aid her death.