He had only a few friends and family to turn to for support during his illness.

Comment: I was able to keep food down during illness.

I retired at 64 to look after my husband during his last illness.

No one else, he said, had visited or called during his illness.

Nine years later, she would direct again, during his final illness.

This was one of very few public appearances she made during her illness.

She stopped for a year, then started again during her mother's terminal illness.

But the documents he wanted me to sign during my illness could have been firm related.

Even before that I had put on some weight which didn't all drain away during my illness.

During mother's long illness, I grew closer to father, especially as my brothers left home.