RIP Sue Carroll

I was saddened to hear of the death of Sue Carroll from pancreatic cancer on Christmas Day. My thoughts and condolences to Sue's family and friends. I feel as though I knew Sue, although only from her newspaper columns and TV appearances. I always found her commentary honest and personal.

Sue Carroll, photo credit
I watched Sue's interview with Alan Titchmarsh in March, and was moved by her courage. Sue's cancer story was very sad. First, she was diagnosed with the same cancer which killed her father. Surgery was not possible due to the location of the tumours near a major artery. The chemotherapy caused her to have a stroke. 

Sue wrote about all of this and spoke openly at that time. She planned to live with her tumours for as long as possible, and as far as I know she continued to write her column and enjoy her friends and family.

Sue didn't so much have a battle with cancer, rather an agreement that she would carry on with her life and the tumours would just be there. Sadly, at some point the tumours broke that agreement and started their relentless march to the end.

Sue Carroll, RIP. You will be missed.

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