Russell T Davies Calls Husband's 2018 Brain Cancer Death His Greatest Loss After 8-Year Fight
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Updated · bbc.co.uk · Jul 29
Russell T Davies Calls Husband's 2018 Brain Cancer Death His Greatest Loss After 8-Year Fight
3 articles · Updated · bbc.co.uk · Jul 29
Summary
Russell T Davies said on the On the Marie Curie Couch podcast that husband Andrew Smith's 2018 death from glioblastoma multiforme was his "greatest loss" after years of caregiving.
Smith had been given 18 months to live, but survived for 8 years after the aggressive brain tumour diagnosis, a gap Davies called "amazing."
Davies said the couple initially treated the hospital visit as routine, only grasping the severity days later when Smith found a note naming glioblastoma multiforme and Davies looked it up.
He said Smith chose not to learn his prognosis, while Davies was told how serious it was, and credited that decision with helping his husband through the illness.
Davies also praised Marie Curie nurses who supported Smith in his final weeks and said being with him at home when he died was deeply important.