She Hasn’t Eaten a Normal Meal in 10 Years — Now She’s Choosing How She Wants to Spend Her Final Days 💔

For most people, eating a meal is one of the simplest parts of everyday life.

For 26-year-old Australian woman Annaliese “Annie” Holland, it has been something she hasn’t been able to do for more than a decade.

Annie lives with Autoimmune Autonomic Ganglionopathy (AAG), a rare autoimmune condition that affects the body’s autonomic nervous system and has severely damaged her ability to digest food. She has relied on total parenteral nutrition (TPN), receiving nutrients directly into her bloodstream.

Her Life Changed as a Teenager

Annie became seriously ill around the age of 12.

For years, doctors struggled to identify what was happening. By the time she was diagnosed with AAG at 18, several organs were already affected. Her condition eventually became terminal.

Instead of eating normally, she has spent years depending on IV nutrition to stay alive.

Her medical journey has also included repeated hospitalizations and more than 25 episodes of sepsis, along with severe pain and other complications.

She Began Thinking Differently About Her Future

For years, Annie focused on surviving.

But eventually, she began thinking about what she wanted the remaining time in her life to look like.

She decided to pursue voluntary assisted dying (VAD) in South Australia, where the practice is legally available under specific eligibility requirements. Annie has described her decision as being about having some control over the circumstances and timing of the end of her life.

Her story is deeply personal, and her decision has also become part of a wider conversation in Australia about end-of-life choices and dignity.

She Created a “F**k It List”

Rather than spending all her remaining time thinking about hospitals and illness, Annie created what she calls her “fk it list.”**

It isn’t simply a traditional bucket list.

She wants to experience ordinary moments that illness has kept out of reach.

Among the things she has wanted to do are wearing a wedding dress and taking photographs with her father, holding a baby and seeing a baby being born, and taking a helicopter ride.

She has already checked some of those experiences off her list.

Trying to Live While She Still Can

Annie’s story isn’t only about illness or death.

It’s also about the things many healthy people take for granted.

A family moment.

A new experience.

A beautiful view from the air.

The chance to create memories outside a hospital room.

Despite everything she has endured, Annie has said she wants to make the most of the time she has left.

Her story has prompted people to think about something many of us rarely consider:

If you knew your time was limited, what experiences would you want to have before it was too late?

Annie’s journey is a reminder that sometimes the smallest moments can become the most meaningful ones.