“When I arrived after driving down there in the morning, I was in tears and had to be given a big hug. Because I walked in to the hall and it was zimmer frames and walking sticks and I thought I can’t bear this.

“But at the end of the session I was crying again but because of absolute happiness and exhilaration, listening to George and realizing something could be done. I don’t have to just sit here and wait for the fates to just wave me goodbye, because that’s what would have happened.”