Sitting in her favourite armchair, looking out at the autumnal colours in the field, Ed is blunt about her situation.

"I'd say my life, as I've known it, is very definitely over. It's definitely gone."

Just four weeks earlier, the 82-year-old had been at the wheel of her camper van, relishing the winter bowling season and volunteering.

Then came the diagnosis of an aggressive and inoperable brain tumour and a prognosis of just weeks to live.

'I should have a choice'

Although it will come too late for her, Ed, who asked that we not use her surname, was determined to speak out in favour of the assisted dying bill making its way through parliament.

She is concerned about what her last weeks - like others in her situation - will look like.

"Looking at my life, for however long it is

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