ONE brave Warwick woman is putting her best foot forward since losing her partner to lung cancer earlier this year.

Sharon Edmunds's partner Joe died on April 2 and she has spoken frankly about their experience with cancer.

"He was sick for two years and the doctors just kept saying more or less that was nothing wrong with him," Ms Edmunds said.

"He got pneumonia and went into hospital and he had this persistent cough and kept saying 'something is wrong'.

"We went to the hospital in Toowoomba where he got a x-ray that showed up a mass on his lung.

"I was in total shock - Joe had considered he could have cancer but he didn't say anything to me.

"That was in November last year - the doctors gave him six months to live and he was gone in under five."

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Since receiving the diagnosis the couple made a visit to the Wesley Hospital in Brisbane where a PET scan revealed the cancer had moved to his liver.

"The doctors gave him the option chemotherapy but everyone knows that it requires being in a sterilised environment so he refused," Ms Edmunds said.

"It could have given him a few more months but he said 'why prolong the inevitable?'.

Left angered and in disbelief by the doctors lack of response, Ms Edmunds said families experiencing similar problems should trusts their instincts when it comes to health.

"Get a second opinion and if you're still not happy, search further because people know their body and know when something is wrong."

The couple were together for five years and Ms Edmunds said she and her children are still coping with his passing.

"Some days I'm fine and other days I'll stay at home and not do anything and just cry," she said.

"He used to own a trucking company when he was in Brisbane and he was a truck driver so travel was a big part of his life.

"We would travel together - I used to call him the travel junkie.

"Just not having him around every day to talk to and see is the biggest challenge."