Mike’s Story
"Some days I can do things, other days I can’t. That’s why Sunflower Centre has meant so much to me."
Updates about our hospice, as well as testimonies about our care from families, patients and friends.
"Some days I can do things, other days I can’t. That’s why Sunflower Centre has meant so much to me."
"The team has helped me to accept my illness and empowered me so I can live as well as I can, for as long as I can.”
"When you’re living with a terminal illness, you are so focused on your illness that you don’t really get to have ‘me time’, but the Sunflower Centre gives that to you. You are just yourself in there, not somebody’s Mum or somebody’s wife but just you."
"Making a Will and leaving a gift to the hospice is a great way to have some control over your life and your choices, and support future generations of your family, and families in your community so they can get the support they need at the end of their lives.”
"It was the hospice that got him to the wedding, the hospice that looked after him in those days during the illness, and I will be forever grateful for all the people that cared for him."
"One of the first things she asked me was if I had any goals I’d like to reach, and I replied immediately and said, ‘I want to play my saxophone again.'"
"The staff at the Sunflower Centre helped me to get the confidence to be honest and open with my family about my illness. I found that the more I opened up to my children about my condition the easier things became."
"I never would have thought about doing any of these activities before I went to the Sunflower Centre but doing these things has changed my life."
