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14 May, 2022

Dying woman's plea to NSW M...

Posted by · May 14, 2022 11:22 AM

Diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer, Siobhan O'Sullivan has a simple me...

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13 May, 2022

NSW should have allowed my ...

Posted by · May 13, 2022 12:28 PM

As a NSW resident, Mark Springer had to travel to Switzerland to die with ...

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20 April, 2022

The law robbed my mum of th...

Posted by · April 20, 2022 2:47 PM

Linda says he mother Margot's lingering decline from multiple sclerosis wa...

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24 March, 2022

'I can't forgive MPs who vo...

Posted by · March 24, 2022 3:50 PM

Bertie Daniel was 15 when his father Lawrie, who was suffering with Multip...

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18 March, 2022

He could utter only two wor...

Posted by · March 18, 2022 2:41 PM

When Tom Barry asked how he was going to die from his metastatic facial ca...

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31 January, 2022

Watching dad suffer confirm...

Posted by · January 31, 2022 10:26 AM

When Dad died, writes Susan, I was relieved his suffering was over. ...

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24 November, 2021

We can make our deaths so m...

Posted by · November 24, 2021 11:48 AM

Amahl Haradasa died cruelly of motor neuro...

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09 November, 2021

‘I’m sorry to go this way’

Posted by · November 09, 2021 2:29 PM

Desperately ill with three kinds of cancer and without access to a volunta...

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08 November, 2021

She was not treated humanely

Posted by · November 08, 2021 4:26 PM

Doctors assured Maryanne Platt that palliative care would ease her mother ...

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08 November, 2021

He begged me to help him ta...

Posted by · November 08, 2021 11:24 AM

When Scone man Ray Philpott's lung cancer spread, the pain became unbearab...

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26 October, 2021

There was only pain, there ...

Posted by · October 26, 2021 11:35 AM

My husband Bruce died in February. He should have died at Christmas-time b...

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26 October, 2021

It is Venessa's time to hav...

Posted by · October 26, 2021 11:20 AM

I am a senior pain specialist. I lost my wife three years ago. At the age ...

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15 October, 2021

'Don't make people suffer'

Posted by · October 15, 2021 3:10 PM

"It was so hard to watch a man who had so much dignity, die without ...

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15 October, 2021

What I witnessed should nev...

Posted by · October 15, 2021 2:14 PM

After witnessing her mother Leonie's death from pancreatic cancer, Amanda ...

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13 October, 2021

I want to decide for myself

Posted by · October 13, 2021 5:44 PM

Bruce Fox wants to avoid a painful end of life. "It's about quality not qu...

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22 September, 2021

We thought she would pass a...

Posted by · September 22, 2021 11:27 AM

Jan Cumner’s mother Dorothy was 80 when she suffered back pain that ...

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13 September, 2021

The option of VAD would hav...

Posted by · September 13, 2021 5:14 PM

As Virginia Fewster’s late husband Michael...

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12 September, 2021

'Bring me a gun' - Diary re...

Posted by · September 12, 2021 7:35 PM

Dying from soft-tissue cancer, Marie Jansen's husband of 52 years fe...

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12 September, 2021

'He asked me if I would smo...

Posted by · September 12, 2021 12:44 PM

Gary Lobley's partner Jeff died in 1993 fr...

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10 September, 2021

If he had the option, he wo...

Posted by · September 10, 2021 1:58 PM

Allison Bowman’s father Stephen died seven...

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10 September, 2021

I've had people begging me ...

Posted by · September 10, 2021 12:51 PM

Phil Browne is a registered nurse, palliat...

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06 September, 2021

Please pass the VAD law so ...

Posted by · September 06, 2021 1:25 PM

"She said, ‘We don’t let animals suffer like this’ and she begged my eldes...

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06 September, 2021

'You promised me it wouldn’...

Posted by · September 06, 2021 12:12 PM

My sister Gay suffered the most awful, unimaginable and intolerable pain. ...

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03 September, 2021

‘It should be the right of ...

Posted by · September 03, 2021 7:41 PM

Dying from cancer and emphysema, Ian Thau's father kept crying, ‘Please ta...

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03 September, 2021

It is time to give people c...

Posted by · September 03, 2021 7:31 PM

Lydia*, a nurse of more than 30 years, has watched as countless people die...

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03 September, 2021

Vicky's VAD call: 'I will f...

Posted by · September 03, 2021 12:52 PM

Vicky Crichton says she was broken, listen...

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01 September, 2021

'It would be a great relief...

Posted by · September 01, 2021 1:16 PM

Damon Spina was 39 when he was delivered t...

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01 September, 2021

I hated seeing my parents i...

Posted by · September 01, 2021 12:56 PM

In her 20s, Michelle Reid lost both her parents within five months of each...

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31 August, 2021

‘Allow me the choice not to...

Posted by · August 31, 2021 12:49 PM

Suffering intolerably with rapidly progressing motor neurone disease (MND)...

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24 August, 2021

Assisted dying 'gave Alex h...

Posted by · August 24, 2021 6:58 PM

Victoria's Voluntary Assisted Dying law relieved 28-year-old Alex Blain's ...

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23 August, 2021

'Let me choose a good death'

Posted by · August 23, 2021 5:26 PM

In March 2015, Gayl Gray was diagnosed with brain cancer. Just nine weeks ...

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23 August, 2021

'A heartbreakingly beautifu...

Posted by · August 23, 2021 12:56 PM

Diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer, Kym Murdoch’s 82-year-old mothe...

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23 July, 2021

'This Voluntary Assisted Dy...

Posted by · July 23, 2021 12:05 PM

Assistant nurse Kay Lang has watched two close friends die horribly from c...

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21 July, 2021

She suffered and there wasn...

Posted by · July 21, 2021 8:09 PM

Terry Gladman's best friend and partner of...

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21 July, 2021

I couldn't be more proud of...

Posted by · July 21, 2021 7:41 PM

My Mum campaigned for voluntary assisted dying for more than 20 years. Lit...

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21 July, 2021

I just don't want her to su...

Posted by · July 21, 2021 7:22 PM

Karen Ireland's twin sister Kim is in the final stages of an agressive bra...

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21 July, 2021

She was all by herself

Posted by · July 21, 2021 2:21 PM

Rosie Mott ended her life - alone - when s...

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15 July, 2021

Keeping Mum alive when she ...

Posted by · July 15, 2021 10:28 AM

Cathy Herbert’s mother Ursula died in 2017...

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14 July, 2021

No mother should have to s...

Posted by · July 14, 2021 10:16 AM

Sharon Stretton’s son Daniel was born with...

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03 July, 2021

Thank you for allowing me t...

Posted by · July 03, 2021 2:32 PM

Deb and Ron Baker, who are both living with cancer, have welcomed South Au...

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07 June, 2021

A mother's plea to South Au...

Posted by · June 07, 2021 10:47 AM

South Australian Liz Habermann, whose terminally ill son Rhys took his lif...

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03 June, 2021

Assisted dying: ‘I wouldn't...

Posted by · June 03, 2021 3:18 PM

Terminally ill Melbourne man Martin Mahood chose to hasten his death under...

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01 June, 2021

'Mentally scarred for the r...

Posted by · June 01, 2021 12:00 PM

The best palliative care in the world would not have stopped Matt Downey's...

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31 May, 2021

'I want to go before I'm in...

Posted by · May 31, 2021 1:05 PM

"I want to go when people remember me as being peaceful and able to say go...

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31 May, 2021

'This suffering is just pla...

Posted by · May 31, 2021 12:23 PM

Ari Levanael watched his dad Barry die a slow and painful death "drugged o...

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17 May, 2021

Former nun urges VAD law in SA

Posted by · May 17, 2021 1:28 PM

A former novice nun, Jane Qualmann has no qualms about rejecting some tene...

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04 May, 2021

'He died peacefully and wit...

Posted by · May 04, 2021 5:31 PM

69-year-old Larry Riley died “peacefully and without fear” using Victoria’...

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04 May, 2021

Let me come home to die

Posted by · May 04, 2021 4:19 PM

Ceara Rickard is facing a desperate dilemm...

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04 May, 2021

'To drink and end the suffe...

Posted by · May 04, 2021 3:17 PM

Julie Barrien has terminal endometrial can...

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19 April, 2021

My niece fought for my end ...

Posted by · April 19, 2021 2:45 PM

I consider myself lucky to be a Victorian ...

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13 January, 2021

I have MND. I know what lie...

Posted by · January 13, 2021 11:20 AM

My greatest hope is that people in New South Wales will see the sense in v...

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10 December, 2020

At mum’s funeral, I advocat...

Posted by · December 10, 2020 2:14 PM

My mother suffered horrendously. I implore the government to take urgent a...

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09 December, 2020

I will fight to live as lon...

Posted by · December 09, 2020 3:37 PM

Hi, my name is Kym Watson. On the 10th April 2014, I was diagnosed with on...

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22 September, 2020

I am determined to be a voi...

Posted by · September 22, 2020 2:02 PM

We who are dying are the people whose voices should be listened to i...

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05 August, 2020

She died quietly and peacef...

Posted by · August 05, 2020 4:01 PM

This is a positive personal story about our family’s experience with...

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18 June, 2020

'It's allowing me to be a b...

Posted by · June 18, 2020 1:26 PM

Diagnosed with rapidly progressing motor neurone disease, Kristin's dad Al...

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16 June, 2020

A peaceful, dignified death

Posted by · June 16, 2020 1:49 PM

Keith English died peacefully surrounded by loved ones. He died on his own...

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30 January, 2020

'I do not want to die. I am...

Posted by · January 30, 2020 1:38 PM

Today I feel the wind, rain and sun on my face for the very last time in m...

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24 January, 2020

I am furious that others sh...

Posted by · January 24, 2020 12:19 PM

Dear Member of Parliament, on Voluntary Assisted Dying I feel it very impo...

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21 January, 2020

The McBryde family

Posted by · January 21, 2020 4:11 PM

Our beautiful Mum, Beryl, passed away just before midnight on Wednesday 31...

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06 November, 2019

The Mermaid

Posted by · November 06, 2019 3:54 PM

In the house I grew up in, we have a shower with a picture of a merm...

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01 November, 2019

I have no option but to travel

Posted by · November 01, 2019 9:39 AM

It's six years since I was diagnosed with lung cancer and still hard to be...

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17 September, 2019

Tanya Battel

Posted by · September 17, 2019 3:13 PM

As at June 2019, I am living with Stage IV incurable metastatic breast can...

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16 September, 2019

Marjorie and her mother

Posted by · September 16, 2019 9:28 AM

I held my mother's hand until her last breath. She had metastatic melanoma...

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16 September, 2019

Deborah 's mother

Posted by · September 16, 2019 9:26 AM

I lost both of my parents to terminal cancer.  My Dad died in 1993 nursed ...

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16 September, 2019

Harl Hogan, Gabrielle's hus...

Posted by · September 16, 2019 9:22 AM

My husband and I had been Members of Dying With Dignity (NSW) for thirty y...

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16 September, 2019

Margaret's mother

Posted by · September 16, 2019 9:15 AM

My mother passed away in 2002 at age of 82.

She was an asthmatic fr...

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16 September, 2019

L.P.'s mother, Joyce

Posted by · September 16, 2019 9:11 AM

My mother Joyce was born 18th January 1927 and passed 16 February 2016.

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13 September, 2019

Zelda, Kate's mother

Posted by · September 13, 2019 3:44 PM

"You wouldn’t let your dog suffer the way I am suffering." Those were the ...

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13 September, 2019

Anne Holland-Atkins

Posted by · September 13, 2019 3:41 PM

My mother, Anne Holland, had Parkinson's disease. She knew th...

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13 September, 2019

Chris Kable's mother

Posted by · September 13, 2019 3:37 PM

In January 2016 my mother was diagnosed with stage 5 peritoneal cancer - a...

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13 September, 2019

My mum, Betty Swanton

Posted by · September 13, 2019 3:31 PM

I am exasperated, devastated, and relieved. I’ve experienced these emotion...

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06 September, 2019

Rae Young's son Matthew

Posted by · September 06, 2019 10:18 AM

I live in Victoria, where Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) legislation was i...

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04 August, 2019

Jacqui and Nicole's mum Kerry

Posted by · August 04, 2019 10:25 AM

On 9 July 2019, Kerry Robertson, 61, became the first Victorian to be gran...

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30 June, 2019

Nia's story

Posted by · June 30, 2019 10:10 AM

Uncertainty doesn't agree with me. I like to plan ahead, but there are onl...

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30 September, 2018

Tim Cooper

Posted by · September 30, 2018 3:06 PM

I’ve been suffocating for two years. I was diagnosed with chronic obstruct...

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01 January, 2018

Greg Sims, Nia's father

Posted by · January 01, 2018 12:00 PM

Friends, my story will take about four minutes to read.  I’m asking you to...

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01 January, 2018

Robert Rankin's story

Posted by · January 01, 2018 12:00 AM

I was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease (MND) on 19 November 2015. I do...

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09 October, 2017

Felicity Callanan's story

Posted by · October 09, 2017 4:20 PM

Felicity has more than fifteen years of professional social work experienc...

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07 October, 2017

My story, by Peter Williams

Posted by · October 07, 2017 9:10 AM

You’ll find Peter B. Williams, 64...

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25 September, 2017

My story, by Ray Godbold

Posted by · September 25, 2017 9:20 AM

I am a 59 year old R.N. Division 1 nurse with 34 years' experience and thr...

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25 September, 2017

Elizabeth Short's family

Posted by · September 25, 2017 9:04 AM

My name is Elizabeth Short. Over the last 11 years I have lost three close...

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24 September, 2017

Brandi's father, Neville Ga...

Posted by · September 24, 2017 3:55 PM

My dad was a saw-miller all his life, and at the end it was hard to stop h...

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24 September, 2017

Heather Goldstein's father

Posted by · September 24, 2017 3:47 PM

My father was diagnosed with cancer of the lower oesophagus and stomach af...

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24 September, 2017

Samantha Lancey's family

Posted by · September 24, 2017 3:27 PM

I’m sitting here in tears because I don’t even know where to start, I cann...

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24 September, 2017

My husband, Bill

Posted by · September 24, 2017 3:22 PM

I guess the best place to start is where ‘our’ journey all...

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24 September, 2017

My life partner, Mark

Posted by · September 24, 2017 3:00 PM

My life partner, Mark Brennan, was born in 1948, and ended his own life on...

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24 September, 2017

Shayne's mum, Jan

Posted by · September 24, 2017 2:25 PM

My mother, Jan Scott Ryder, was a beautiful woman who adored her family an...

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24 September, 2017

Kass Hall

Posted by · September 24, 2017 9:19 AM

I am Kass Hall and I have been been living on borrowed time for 27 years.

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21 September, 2017

Sandra's partner, Albert Le...

Posted by · September 21, 2017 2:11 PM

Sandra Morris never felt ready to say goodbye to her partner of over 40 ye...

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18 September, 2017

Colin Wragg, Susan's husband

Posted by · September 18, 2017 9:05 AM

My name is Susan and I was Colin’s full time carer for over 9 years. We we...

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17 September, 2017

My story, by Lynne Wannan

Posted by · September 17, 2017 3:52 PM

I want to be able to choose.

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17 September, 2017

My story, by Carolyn

Posted by · September 17, 2017 3:45 PM

Carolyn Forster, 48, is the queen...

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17 September, 2017

Ken Woodger, husband of Phy...

Posted by · September 17, 2017 3:40 PM

Phyllis Woodger remembers the taxi pulling up outside her Frankston home.

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17 September, 2017

Andrew Carswell, Carolyne's...

Posted by · September 17, 2017 3:38 PM

Andrew Carswell was an award-winning musician with innovative bands such a...

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17 September, 2017

Beverley Randall, Eleanor's...

Posted by · September 17, 2017 3:32 PM

Beverley Randall didn't tell her family when she was diagnosed with lung c...

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17 September, 2017

Sarah's father, Alastair

Posted by · September 17, 2017 3:28 PM

My beautiful Dad, Alastair, was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer when ...

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17 September, 2017

Ian Smith, my dad

Posted by · September 17, 2017 3:22 PM

On 2 September 2015, after writing a letter each to my brother and me, com...

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17 September, 2017

Eileen Keogh, Kelly's mother

Posted by · September 17, 2017 9:22 AM

Kelly Arnett Somerville's mother Eileen Keogh had talked about voluntary a...

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17 September, 2017

Catherine and her partner

Posted by · September 17, 2017 9:16 AM

Ten years ago, my partner died by his own hand in the best possible circum...

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17 September, 2017

Lee Naish's story

Posted by · September 17, 2017 9:14 AM

I am a man, fifty-seven years old. My life is filled with love and happine...

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17 September, 2017

Michelle Flynn's father, Mi...

Posted by · September 17, 2017 9:08 AM

Michelle has seen a number of fam...

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11 September, 2017

I.S. and her mother-in-law

Posted by · September 11, 2017 9:08 AM

My mother-in-law suffered from multiple myeloma, a very painful bone cance...

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10 September, 2017

Guiseppe Coco, Carolee's fa...

Posted by · September 10, 2017 3:42 PM

Giuseppe Coco wasn’t a complicated man, nor a judgmental one, and he follo...

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10 September, 2017

Jane Morris's mother

Posted by · September 10, 2017 3:34 PM

“I promise you, you will not suffer at the end.” These words will resonate...

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10 September, 2017

Bill Bailey

Posted by · September 10, 2017 3:18 PM

It says much about Bill Bailey that he joined the British army at seventee...

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10 September, 2017

Geoffrey Derrick, Coralie's...

Posted by · September 10, 2017 2:37 PM

Father loved to do practical thin...

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10 September, 2017

Michelle, my sister

Posted by · September 10, 2017 2:23 PM

My sister Michelle was originally diagnosed with cervical cancer 12 years ...

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10 September, 2017

My mother, Betty Ogle

Posted by · September 10, 2017 9:15 AM

"Can I have an injection now?"  My mother asked her very dedicated G.P. at...

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04 September, 2017

Ann Woodger's father

Posted by · September 04, 2017 3:16 PM

My father asked me whether he could end his life. My fat...

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03 September, 2017

Alex Ingwersen, my dad

Posted by · September 03, 2017 3:29 PM

As a young bloke, my Dad was a talented sports-person. He played football ...

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03 September, 2017

John Parker, Pam's father

Posted by · September 03, 2017 3:15 PM

"This story is a celebration of life and love and a testament on how to li...

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03 September, 2017

Cherry Tree Grove

Posted by · September 03, 2017 3:13 PM

Like many older Australians, a group of residents of Cherry Tre...

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03 September, 2017

Justine Martin's story

Posted by · September 03, 2017 9:25 AM

It was six years ago when Justine Martin was diagnosed with Multiple Scler...

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10 July, 2017

Lawrie Daniel

Posted by · July 10, 2017 3:14 PM

When life hurts more than death, when sufferin...

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05 February, 2017

Ken Dickson, husband and fa...

Posted by · February 05, 2017 12:00 AM

Our beautiful Dad took his own life on Friday 9 October 2015 at the home h...

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05 February, 2017

Elizabeth's dearest friend

Posted by · February 05, 2017 12:00 AM

After much thought I am forwarding to you one of the last messages my dear...

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01 January, 2017

My sister, Trish

Posted by · January 01, 2017 12:00 PM

My sister Patricia Ellard died in...

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25 September, 2016

My brave father, Russell

Posted by · September 25, 2016 2:40 PM

This is the story of my brave, sensitive and loving father. Russell Alfred...

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25 September, 2016

Trapped in a body that let...

Posted by · September 25, 2016 11:08 AM

While on my first placement as a student nurse in a nursing home I cared f...

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18 September, 2016

Ann-Louise's mum

Posted by · September 18, 2016 2:57 PM

I lost my mum three years ago at the age of 87. She was doing so well for ...

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18 September, 2016

Di's father

Posted by · September 18, 2016 2:28 PM

We always knew it would happen. Our father said many times that they treat...

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18 September, 2016

Leith Richards

Posted by · September 18, 2016 1:57 PM

I am a 60-year-old woman who has been diagnosed with primary peritoneal ca...

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18 September, 2016

My husband, Wayne

Posted by · September 18, 2016 1:54 PM

It turns out goodbyes are important.

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18 September, 2016

Deb's final days

Posted by · September 18, 2016 1:52 PM

’ll give you an example of one night that was probably in the last 10 days...

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18 September, 2016

My mother, Edna Fitzgerald

Posted by · September 18, 2016 12:51 PM

Ever since having seen my late mother, Edna Fitzgerald, suffer so much whe...

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18 September, 2016

Juliana's father

Posted by · September 18, 2016 12:39 PM

My father’s death was kind and loving.

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18 September, 2016

My dad

Posted by · September 18, 2016 12:18 PM

My father originally appointed four persons who could make a euthanasia de...

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18 September, 2016

Meg's dad

Posted by · September 18, 2016 12:15 PM

My dad died this year from a brain tumour.

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18 September, 2016

Michele's father

Posted by · September 18, 2016 12:12 PM

My father died of lung cancer in the mid-1980s.

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18 September, 2016

John Grayson: my story

Posted by · September 18, 2016 12:10 PM

In 2014 I had a cold. It was very painful and on 10 November 2014 I experi...

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18 September, 2016

John's mother

Posted by · September 18, 2016 12:09 PM

Eleven years ago, my mother had a stroke and took seven months to die.

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18 September, 2016

Kit, Judith's mother

Posted by · September 18, 2016 12:00 PM

My mother, Catherine (Kit) Sanotti, was a fit, healthy, vibrant 73-year-ol...

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18 September, 2016

Gloria, my mum

Posted by · September 18, 2016 11:46 AM

My mum, Gloria Mable Ohma, was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) in h...

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18 September, 2016

The law robbed us of a fina...

Posted by · September 18, 2016 11:26 AM

As a nurse and midwife, I’ve witnessed life’s first and last breaths many ...

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18 September, 2016

Dr Westwood's mother

Posted by · September 18, 2016 11:19 AM

I’m a retired physician. I had been working for over 50 years in my profes...

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18 September, 2016

Elvie's story

Posted by · September 18, 2016 9:30 AM

I am an ex-nurse and, in my later years, studied a diploma of social scien...

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18 September, 2016

C.W.'s mother

Posted by · September 18, 2016 9:29 AM

In December 2015 my mother was in Resthaven in South Australia. She had a ...

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12 September, 2016

Jo, Rosemary's friend

Posted by · September 12, 2016 9:37 AM

Meet Jo in her early seventies, who was diagnosed with Stage 4 brain cance...

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12 September, 2016

For many, it's a living death

Posted by · September 12, 2016 9:33 AM

I was diagnosed with a rare form of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) 25 years ago. ...

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11 September, 2016

My friend, Diane

Posted by · September 11, 2016 2:55 PM

Diane was one of the most courageous persons I have ever known. She was a ...

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11 September, 2016

Dr Geoff Trezise

Posted by · September 11, 2016 2:51 PM

I am now retired but one case of the unfortunate result of the lack of an ...

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11 September, 2016

My mum, Betty

Posted by · September 11, 2016 2:48 PM

My mum, Betty, had a wonderfully full life.

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11 September, 2016

Sue's brother

Posted by · September 11, 2016 2:43 PM

My brother Paul had been diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer that ha...

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11 September, 2016

Mum

Posted by · September 11, 2016 2:36 PM

Dear Mum, I’m so sorry I didn’t kill you.

I came close, believe me....

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11 September, 2016

Lady Winifred Stephen

Posted by · September 11, 2016 2:35 PM

In January 2016 Lady Stephen wrote Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull an open...

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11 September, 2016

RIP Dad. Love you always

Posted by · September 11, 2016 2:30 PM

When Channel 7's Sunrise Facebook page asked viewers if medically assisted...

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11 September, 2016

Cleona, my first

Posted by · September 11, 2016 2:20 PM

She was the first person who ever asked for my medical opinion, so I suppo...

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11 September, 2016

My mum, Dulcie

Posted by · September 11, 2016 2:17 PM

At the age of 73, my mother, Dulcie May Turton, was told she had a neuroen...

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11 September, 2016

Cory Taylor, my story

Posted by · September 11, 2016 2:15 PM

I have melanoma. I’ve kept it at bay for 10 years but it is now untreatabl...

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11 September, 2016

Prof. Ian Maddocks

Posted by · September 11, 2016 2:14 PM

Emeritus Professor Ian Maddocks is an eminent palliative care specialist a...

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11 September, 2016

Alexander and Margaret Maxwell

Posted by · September 11, 2016 2:11 PM

Margaret Maxwell was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1994. She researched ...

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11 September, 2016

Flora's patients

Posted by · September 11, 2016 2:04 PM

On too many occasions as a Division One Registered Nurse off duty, and on ...

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11 September, 2016

My beloved grandfather

Posted by · September 11, 2016 2:02 PM

My grandfather was a proud and passionate man who really lived up to his r...

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11 September, 2016

John's partner

Posted by · September 11, 2016 1:50 PM

Let me begin my partner’s story by stressing that the nursing staff were d...

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11 September, 2016

Miriam's mother, Dorothy

Posted by · September 11, 2016 1:48 PM

My story is on behalf of and in memory of my mother, Dorothy Joan Meikle, ...

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11 September, 2016

My mother's best friend

Posted by · September 11, 2016 12:35 PM

Three years, eight months and 28 days ago, I was left a letter from my mot...

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11 September, 2016

Loredana's story

Posted by · September 11, 2016 12:33 PM

I have advanced, progressive multiple sclerosis. I am totally disabled and...

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11 September, 2016

John, Jessie's love

Posted by · September 11, 2016 11:51 AM

John had suffered for five years with terminal bowel cancer.

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11 September, 2016

Coral's patients

Posted by · September 11, 2016 11:35 AM

eople’s bodies at end of life do amazing things. Bones break. Organs fail....

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11 September, 2016

Dr Geoff's patient

Posted by · September 11, 2016 11:32 AM

I had a fully paralysed patient on life support with end stage neuromuscul...

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11 September, 2016

Ann's bestie, Rhoda

Posted by · September 11, 2016 11:23 AM

Her suffering defied belief. My bestie, Rhoda, was the outgoing one of our...

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11 September, 2016

Cathy's father

Posted by · September 11, 2016 11:15 AM

In 2005 nurse Cathy Pryor was convicted of the attempted murder of her mot...

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11 September, 2016

Amanda's father

Posted by · September 11, 2016 11:13 AM

My father, 

Clever man
Maker o...

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11 September, 2016

My name is Eileen Emma Dawe

Posted by · September 11, 2016 10:55 AM

Diagnosed with terminal cancer and facing a lingering death, 90-year-old S...

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11 September, 2016

Doctor X's experiences

Posted by · September 11, 2016 10:53 AM

I have been a practicing GP for close to 30 years after several years work...

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11 September, 2016

Coroner John Olle

Posted by · September 11, 2016 10:44 AM

Coronor John Olle's evidence to the Victorian In...

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04 September, 2016

My friend, Graham

Posted by · September 04, 2016 2:45 PM

On 27 December my friend Graham had no idea he’d spend the next 10 weeks o...

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04 September, 2016

My sister's story

Posted by · September 04, 2016 2:00 PM

My sister was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 25. By 39 she had died o...

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04 September, 2016

Lachlan Smith: my story

Posted by · September 04, 2016 1:58 PM

I have just turned 41. A pretty big life event for many, but in my case es...

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04 September, 2016

Rachel's mum

Posted by · September 04, 2016 12:59 PM

I lost my mum last month. She had pancreatic cancer.

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04 September, 2016

Bettina's mother

Posted by · September 04, 2016 11:41 AM

My strong, wonderful mother had a living will and was determined to avoid ...

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04 September, 2016

Bill's beliefs

Posted by · September 04, 2016 11:38 AM

I am a 90-year-old EDA veteran affairs pensioner. I have recently arrived ...

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04 September, 2016

My father, David

Posted by · September 04, 2016 10:48 AM

Isn’t it strange, the various pathways that lead us to the world of volunt...

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