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00:00 [Music]
00:20 He's now too weak to be able to get all the way to Switzerland with all this equipment.
00:28 It just is looking like it's not really going to be an option for him now.
00:34 [Music]
00:38 We have paid a deposit just under £4,000.
00:42 The full amount would be between £12,000 and £15,000, so this makes it an elitist option.
00:50 Did you ever think that it might be okay to have what is now available to you only, which is palliative care, hospice and so on?
01:04 I don't want that because it means Di sees me suffer, yeah.
01:10 Trevor, have you ever felt pressured to have an assisted death?
01:17 It's totally from him.
01:20 [Music]
01:27 He has said to me on numerous occasions, "I don't want to live like this anymore."
01:33 [Music]
01:43 Utter boredom, pain, both actual and emotional, and my sense of smell works perfectly, so I smell the food but can't even try a tiny bit.
01:55 He said he's ready now.
01:58 He wasn't ready a month ago, and now he is.
02:04 But we can't do it because it's not an option here, and he has these two weeks to get to Switzerland.
02:14 [Music]

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