![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/i-feared-id-lose-my-wife-after-cancer-diagnosis-says-foreign-secretary/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/newspress-collage-20391899-1668121798816.jpg&description=JAMES Cleverly feared he'd lose his wife after she was diagnosed with breast cancer. The Foreign Secretary, 53, said he "could not speak or sleep" when his wife, Susie, 49, was diagnosed with triple positive breast cancer in December last year. James Cleverly admitted there were a 'couple of times' he thought he might lose his wifeCredit: Sky News James Cleverly and his wife Susie have been married for 29 yearsCredit: Sky News James Cleverly and Susie, who was diagnosed with cancer last DecemberCredit: Sky News Susie, who has been married to Cleverly for 29 years, had spotted dimpled skin underneath her right breast the month before her diagnosis. At the time, Cleverly was a minister in the Foreign Office, where Liz Truss was foreign secretary and Boris Johnson was at the helm. Cleverly, who has been the MP for Braintree since 2015, admitted there were a "couple of times" he thought he might lose his wife. He told Sky News: "I haven't thought about my mortality, and certainly haven't ever really given any thought to losing Susie, or what that might feel like - and then suddenly you get to confront that. And, we are close." On the day Susie found out she might have cancer, she said she "just burst into tears" and "cried most of that day". "I just couldn't get the words out," she said. Cleverly added: "I had to ring my private secretary in the Foreign Office saying 'can you cancel meetings because I need to go home', and he said 'is everything okay minister?' "I tried to say Susie might have cancer, I just couldn't get the words out, I couldn't speak - I like to talk, but I just couldn't speak. "I went home, Susie and I talked it through, and I tried to ring [work] again to explain what was going on - and I still couldn't say a word." Susie then had about eight mammograms in one day - but doctors couldn't see anything until a scan found three lumps in her breast and a node in her arm. After an MRI scan, doctors found more than 12 lumps. "I wasn't scared when they told){kind=link}
JAMES Cleverly feared he’d lose his wife after she was diagnosed with breast cancer.
The Foreign Secretary, 53, said he “could not speak or sleep” when his wife, Susie, 49, was diagnosed with triple positive breast cancer in December last year.
Susie, who has been married to Cleverly for 29 years, had spotted dimpled skin underneath her right breast the month before her diagnosis.
At the time, Cleverly was a minister in the Foreign Office, where Liz Truss was foreign secretary and Boris Johnson was at the helm.
Cleverly, who has been the MP for Braintree since 2015, admitted there were a “couple of times” he thought he might lose his wife.