Elaine Selley has called for assisted dying to be legalised in Scotland since her husband Richard had to travel to Switzerland to end his life.
Richard died at Dignitas in Zurich on September 6, 2019, after battling motor neurone disease for five years.
During his illness, former head teacher Richard, 65, from Glenalmond, near Perth, had urged MSPs to reform the laws around assisted dying.
Elaine travelled with him to Zurich and believes “compassionate and safe” laws should be introduced to allow terminally ill people to take control of how their life ends.
She said having to resort to Dignitas was not what the couple had wanted but they had no choice.
Elaine said: “You go in as a couple and you come out as one person. It’s hideous. We should have been able to be in our own home.”
She waited five days on her own for the cremation and had to travel back to Scotland, when she should have been grieving at home.
She said: “It is so tough for people like Tracy to have to die alone.
"It’s a very sad state of affairs for Scotland.
“There are ramifications for loved ones who are left behind and how upset and impotent they will feel because they know, they were not able to be there and give emotional support.
“Tracy should be living her life, not spending so much time planning and preparing for her own death. My heart goes out to her.
Elaine added: “The law has to change in Scotland for the very small minority who want to do this.”
