ON the BBC1 six o’clock news on January 5 was an item about a Mr Noel Conway, who is dying of Motor Neurone Disease, going to the courts to try and get some rather more enlightened judge to allow him the right to die by the hand of a doctor.

More power to his elbow!

After six long months my husband died of chronic kidney disease on October 31, 2016.

We knew when he was discharged from hospital on palliative care he was not going to recover, that his condition could only get worse.

He suffered no pain but woke up day after day feeling unwell, tired and not in control of his life. His memory became poor, his concentration deserted him even when doing the simplest of tasks, he could not walk far and fatigue was a real problem for him.

His skin itched unbearably so that he scratched until he bled because his blood levels were not as they should have been. Imagine living in this condition for six months getting a little worse each day.

He tried so hard to continue with as normal a life as possible until his illness overtook him.

The last week of his life, when the palliative care team had to be called in, was not nice. The team were marvellous and did all they could.

I am with Noel Conway all the way. I fail to see why people like Noel and my husband should not be given the right to die a painless and dignified death when they feel the time is right for them.

It is nobody else’s business but the person concerned and their family.

If there are others, like Baroness Jane Campbell, who I understand is herself very disabled and is objecting to the right to die being made law, to them I would say, you do not have to go down this road, nobody is asking you to, but why should you deny those that do that right?

I am not reconciled to the way my husband was forced to live those six months, nor the way he looked when he died.

My heart goes out to Carol Conway, to Noel and their family.

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