A retired teacher with incurable cancer has called on MPs to approve assisted dying legislation after watching his terminally ill pal suffer a ‘horrible death’.
Brian Griffin, 72, who has bone marrow cancer, says the law is essential as it means he can avoid ‘excruciatingly prolonged’ suffering from further chemotherapy.
His first stem cell transplant gave him 10 healthy years, but he then needed another one in 2021 and knows that second transplants don’t last as long.
While he is well at the moment, Brian knows eventually its effects will wear off, leaving only his only options as more chemotherapy and palliative care.
Brian said: “A relative of mine had a horrible, horrible death, squirming around on the bed for hours and hours in total agony and the medical staff were refusing to give them any more pain relief.
