Dame Esther Rantzen’s daughter becomes emotional as she makes shattering admission

The veteran broadcaster and activist’s daughter Esther Rantzen made the announcement on Thursday that her medication, which was supposed to help her fight her cancer, was not helping her.

Dame Esther Rantzen’s daughter became emotional as she opened up about her mother’s condition on Thursday. The broadcaster is currently fighting terminal lung cancer after initially discovering a lump under her arm pit around Christmas in 2022. Just weeks later in January 2023, a biopsy confirmed that Dame Esther, 84, had cancer.

She revealed in a heartbreaking admission that she was taking a new type of medication to manage her condition in May of the same year and that she was making a heartfelt admission. Rebecca Wilcox, her daughter, has recently updated her on Dame Esther’s condition.

Rebecca acknowledged in an interview with 5 News that Dame Esther had agreed to participate in the Swiss assisted dying program Dignitas because of her condition. She explained that the medication was no longer effective for her mother as she struggled to control her feelings.

When questioned about Dame Esther’s condition and whether it had improved, Rebecca responded, “I really wish that was true. I hate to contradict you with bad news.

“But, I don’t believe that’s the case any longer.” Rebecca apologized as she had been “by the question,” she said as she shared the news.

“I just wish people understood that the Assisted Dying Bill is a choice for those who want it. We assumed she had weeks, but she has, by almost two, outlived that prediction. Because of her diagnosis, she wouldn’t have just gone on an overdose; that’s not how it works.

It “takes those final few days of pain away,” it says. She continued, “Frankly Dignitas is out of the window for us as well.” If she had gone, she would have gone months before she would have passed away here. You must be reasonably healthy to do that.

The Assisted Dying Bill, which is currently being debated in Parliament, has been a fierce campaigner for Dame Esther. The actress claimed that she had witnessed heartbreaking suffering that “obliterates” the feelings that loved ones have for the person.

Rebecca acknowledged that Dame Esther has no idea how she will pass away, and that she had witnessed her mother experience the “trauma” over her condition and prognosis. She said, “She doesn’t know how her death is going to happen, how the pain is going to get worse, the exhaustion, the fatigue, the symptoms are going to come in,” and that this is because.

She continued, “She has spent her entire life fighting for other people, and she has no control now.” Why can’t we give people who have a terminal diagnosis, who have no other choice but to choose when, how, and where to die, like my mother?

The update comes just days after MP Kim Leadbeater, the lead author of the Assisted Dying Bill, agreed to put the introduction on hold until 2029.

While Assisted Dying is currently illegal in England, the bull has recently been passed by the Isle of Man parliament and is currently awaiting royal assent from King Charles, which would make the Isle of Man the first place in Great Britain to legalise assisted dying.

According to a list published by the England Parliament, MPs including Dame Angela Eagle, Samantha Dixon, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, Jeremy Hunt and Sir Oliver Dowden have backed the campaign. Meanwhile, Deputy Prime Minister, Angela Rayner, Tory leader Kemi Badenoch and Jeremy Corbyn have refused to back the bill.

Source: Mirror