It was very hard. At first, in 2004 when he was diagnosed and had surgery, that was not too bad. He couldn't travel because his body was just not healing as well as it should have. Mentally, he bemoaned the fact that he couldn't be doing his work. He had his secretaries and LAs coming out and giving him stuff. He was working at home. If he could have seen his colleagues—he had so many across parties—it would have given him a little more oomph, maybe a little more hope, a little more smiling and reminiscing with colleagues. It was very sad.
Back and forth was way too hard. His last flight out was very hard for us. He came home, and he was in bed for about five days. He could not move. He was just worn out.
That's a hard thing when he loved his job. I know that when you're an MP, you're there for a reason. The reason is the people who elected you. We have to be there for them.
Thank you.