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00:00There I was, so young and full of points.

00:13Yeah, I'm vertical.

00:20I'm 54 and I currently have MS.

00:26In the last year or two, my MS nurse described me as having advanced secondary progressive MS.

00:35It's got so much worse than even what I was prepared for that I'm definitely going to Dignitas.

00:56This is my beautiful homemade ramp that Roy made.

01:04The reality of it has been very difficult, very hard to manage.

01:10Obviously losing the love of my life isn't great.

01:15My wish would be to carry on and have a future together, but not at the price of her unhappiness.

01:30Part of me just wants it to be over with, but obviously I don't want it to be over with as well, because then you aren't there.

01:42Yeah.

01:48We all want to get rid of this illness, don't we?

01:50But in order to get rid of this illness, which is progressive, I have to get rid of me.

01:56I need to go to Dignitas.

02:14That's it. That's it. I need to go. I need to go to Dignitas. That's the only way I can die.

02:28I'm disabled and I'm in this wheelchair the whole time.

02:31Her arms are starting to go, which is going to mean hoists.

02:36Somebody doing all her bathroom functions for her, feeding her, etc.

02:42She just doesn't want that.

02:44I feel at odds with everybody that loves me at the moment, because I'm almost looking forward to it.

02:51And definitely not.

02:54I should be able to die in this country when I'm more ill.

02:59I could put up with some more of this, if I knew I could die here.

03:06But because I have to be able to get myself to Switzerland, I have to go now.