I've stopped life-saving medication says man exhausted by fight for NHS care
Tim Hull can point to many achievements during his 56 years. He's run his own handyman business and housed Ukrainian refugees for two years. He's even been in the Guinness Book of Records: at nearly 7ft in height, he and his brother were the UK's tallest twins for almost two decades.
But it is a life Tim has decided to end. His quality of life, he says, is "very, very low". Tim has a medical condition - unrelated to his height - that weakens his muscles, and his health has declined rapidly over the past two years.
It is the battles to get the health and care support he needs which have driven him to make the desperate decision, says Tim. He feels abandoned by health professionals, has been moved from one waiting list to another, has not been provided with the right equipment to help him and has been bed-bound for nearly seven months.
In February, he stopped taking the medication that prevents his kidneys from failing. They are now beginning to give up and he knows he has months, if not weeks, to live.
