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Elise, 50, is terminally ill after breast cancer spread to other parts of her body, including her bones - her femur had to be replaced by a metal rod after it was rotted by cancerous cells.

The 34-year-old said he was intrigued by the work, admitting he had "dumb questions" about whether the banana rotted.

They planned to leave the wood there for 9 years, and then dig it up to see how much it had rotted.

The pain is worst in her thigh, where she had a metal rod inserted after cancer rotted her femur.

Many seemed scrupulously cared for, but in others a rotted half-sprung mattress would block an upper floor window, with trash strewn in the yard.