Suffolk artist who had weeks to live gives back to hospice

“I wanted to contribute to the anniversary events for St Nic’s as I have great reason to be very thankful to them,” Ms Denton explained.

“In 2011 I was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer and on Christmas Eve of that year was told I only had 12 weeks to live.”

Hospice staff managed Ms Denton’s pain relief and helped her face her diagnosis.

“They kept me lucid enough that I could manage my children and their emotions, sourced equipment that would make me more comfortable, and reassured my husband as to how he was coping with a situation that was way removed from anything he had experienced before,” she added.

Thanks to “extraordinary surgeons” at Addenbrookes Hospital in Cambridgeshire, Ms Denton recovered.

However she said it was “also due to the physical and pastoral care I received from St Nic’s at an extraordinarily difficult time for both me and my family when I was facing my expected rapidly approaching death”.