Death with dignity Brittany Maynard ticks off last item on bucket list

(CNN) Brittany Maynard the terminally ill woman who plans to take her own life has checked the last item off her bucket list.

She visited the Grand Canyon last week.

Brittany Maynard second from right visits the Grand Canyon with her family in October. Maynard a 29 year old terminally ill woman who plans to take her own life said the Grand Canyon was the last item on her bucket list. Click through to see more photos of Maynard's life. Maynard at age 4 with her mom Debbie. Maynard with her dog Charley in San Francisco. Maynard 29 was diagnosed with an aggressive brain cancer. I quickly decided that death with dignity was the best option for me and my family she wrote in an op ed for CNN. We had to uproot from California to Oregon because Oregon is one of only five states where death with dignity is authorized. Maynard with her mom during a trip. Maynard right poses for a photo during her travels. Maynard and her husband Dan Diaz on their wedding day. They had been married a little more than a year when she was diagnosed with brain cancer. Maynard shares a moment with her bridesmaids on her wedding day. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Brittany Maynard's journey Brittany Maynard I don't want to die

The Canyon was breathtakingly beautiful she wrote on her website and I was able to enjoy my time with the two things I love most my family and nature.

Photos showed her and her husband standing on the edge of the canyon hugging and kissing.

But her cancer reasserted itself.

Severe headaches and neck pain are never far away and unfortunately the next morning I had my worst seizure thus far she wrote on her website. My speech was paralyzed for quite a while after I regained consciousness and the feeling of fatigue continued for the rest of the day.

Maynard 29 had been married a year when she discovered she had an aggressive brain cancer.

Last April doctors said she had six months to live. She considered dying in a hospice she wrote in an op ed piece for CNN.

I quickly decided that death with dignity was the best option for me and my family she wrote for CNN. We had to uproot from California to Oregon because Oregon is one of only five states where death with dignity is authorized.

Maynard posted YouTube videos in which she and family members talked about her decision and supported an expansion of assisted suicide laws. She started an organization Compassion and Choices to promote that idea.

My dream is that every terminally ill American has access to the choice to die on their own terms with dignity she wrote on her website.

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