Two cancer patients want choice to decide when to die but man re-diagnosed with non-terminal condition urges caution
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ver since Pamela Fisher was diagnosed with terminal breast cancer, the fear of dying in pain and discomfort has been keeping her awake at night. “I don’t want to die, not now. I love life and I want to live. But that said, I live in terror at the prospect of how my final weeks of life could turn out,” the 64-year-old said.
“I know that even with the best palliative care available, there are limits to what can be done. It’s a dead weight of fear I carry around with me.”
Fisher, a former academic and authorised Church of England preacher, is a strong supporter of the assisted dying bill that MPs will debate before a crucial vote on Friday. She hopes it will pass and come into force in enough time to give her the option of an assisted death when the moment comes.
