A terminally ill mom told how she is now saving for winter fuel bills as well as her own funeral, and says the cold exacerbates pain from bone cancer.
Mom-of-one Melanie Finlay, 48, does not know if she will live to see Christmas after being diagnosed with stage 4 metastatic cancer in March 2021. She was given the all-clear from breast cancer in 2019 but the pain in her bones was dismissed as hormonal in 2020.
Finlay, who worked for Police Scotland until she was signed off sick last year, is now receiving palliative care for cancer in her bones, lungs, hips, knees and bone marrow. She is trying to tie up her finances to make life easier for husband Tom, 43, and is meeting a funeral director next week, expecting it will cost around £3,500 for a no-frills crematorium ceremony, after the couple spent £3,000 on a budget wedding in April.
