Brittany Maynard will die on Nov. 1, and it’s a decision she made herself.

The 29-year-old was diagnosed in April with stage 4 glioblastoma, a malignant brain tumor, and was given just six months to live. With no cure available for her condition, she chose to end her own life using medication prescribed by her doctor.

Maynard explains her decision as well as the story of her cancer diagnosis in a video and interview with People.

There is not a cell in my body that is suicidal or that wants to die. I want to live. I wish there was a cure for my disease, but there’s not. … My glioblastoma is going to kill me, and that’s out of my control. I’ve discussed with many experts how I would die from it, and it’s a terrible, terrible way to die. Being able to choose to go with dignity is less terrifying.

Maynard shared her story as a precursor to launching an online video campaign on Monday (above), in conjunction with Compassion & Choices, an organization that advocates for the expansion of “death with dignity” laws.

Maynard and her family recently relocated to Portland, Oregon, to take advantage of the state’s Death With Dignity Act, which was passed in 1997. Since the law was put into effect, 1,173 people have had life-ending prescriptions written and 752 have used the prescriptions to die, People reports.

Only four other states — Washington, Montana, Vermont and New Mexico — have similar laws.

“I believe this choice is ethical, and what makes it ethical is it is a choice,” Maynard said. “The patient can change their mind right up to the last minute. I feel very protected here in Oregon.”

Maynard says she picked the date of her death carefully, making sure to wait until after her husband’s birthday on Oct. 30. She will die in her own bedroom, with her mother, stepfather, husband and best friend at her side.

“I’m dying, but I’m choosing to suffer less, to put myself through less physical and emotional pain and my family as well,” she said.

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