She showed incredible courage in refusing more painful treatment for her leukaemia, choosing to spend the time she had left with family.

The wristband had become a trigger reminding me of unwanted, painful treatment.

The painful treatments and subsequent infections kept her off work for eight weeks and drove her into debt.

Now the financial researcher faces years of expensive and painful treatments to reconstruct her disfigured lip.

The condition was exacerbated by the visit and on his return he had to undergo painful treatment, but afterwards felt better than he had for years.