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Before we start, I want to let you know that in this episode we mentioned suicide

and we discuss cancer surgery in detail. At the end of the episode I'll give you the details

for Samaritans who can offer you support should you need it.

The thing that hangs over all of this I think is this strange idea that there's a date in the diary that you're going to die.

I mean, it's like jumping off the cliff. It's not natural. It's not a natural thing to do.

For people who aren't depressed and don't want to end their life, it's not a natural thing to do.

You're literally standing at the cliff edge and you're going to jump. Paola Mara was diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2021.

She had several invasive treatments, but the cancer kept spreading aggressively.

She got to the point where she couldn't tolerate most pain relief

medications anymore and she couldn't face the prospect of palliative care.

The quality of life will be terrible.

I'll be in hospital constantly.

And I said, I don't want to do that.

Paola decided to take what control she could of her death.

Because assisted dying's illegal in the UK, she would fly to Switzerland,

and with the help of the organization Dignitas end her life there.

Yes, I go on the 18th and then I die on the 20th, but I don't feel negative about it at all.

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