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Esther Rantzen gives health update on terminal cancer as she issues assisted dying pleaBBC

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00:00You've talked about how, as a result of the treatment you've been having, you are still with us, and we're
00:05grateful for that.
00:07But then you also talk about trying to make the trip to Switzerland alone.
00:13How will you manage to arrange that on your own?
00:16And how will you, without being insensitive, make the difficult judgment on the right moment?
00:23Well, it's when we all think I've got six months or less to live.
00:27That appears to be the right sort of timescale.
00:30But the problem with me, according to my oncologist, is that I'm an outlier.
00:36I'm living longer than he expected me to, but nobody knows why.
00:40But the last scan I had, things were improving in spite of the fact the drugs aren't working and I'm
00:46not being treated anymore.
00:48If at the next scan, which he's actually booked for June, can you imagine?
00:53And if it shows that I'm still improving, well, I'll carry on fighting.
00:57Maybe it's this battle that's keeping me going.
01:00Who knows?
01:01Maybe it's this battle that's keeping me going.
01:01Maybe it's this battle that's keeping me going.
01:01Maybe it's this battle that's keeping me going.
01:01Maybe it's this battle that's keeping me going.
01:01Maybe it's this battle that's keeping me going.
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