The last poignant interview of Melissa Ede a week before her death

The winner of the transgender lottery, Melissa Ede, spoke poignantly of "how precious life is" just days before her death.

The 58-year-old woman died Saturday – less than two years after earning £ 4 million on a scratch card.

After recently suffering from health problems, Melissa said that she "thought her time was up."

The former taxi driver said, "I really thought my time was up. I had tight chest. I thought to myself: 'That's it.'

"I told Rachel [her fiancee], & # 39; I like you so much. Always remember that. & # 39;

"It makes you understand how precious life is.

"You can be here a minute and leave the next one."

She was taken ill after being rushed to finish mowing the lawn at her home in Hull before a downpour last Sunday.

Melissa said, "I was really out of breath afterwards. Everything started early Monday and again in the afternoon.

"My heart was racing and they were all signs of a heart attack."

An ambulance arrived five minutes later and took her to the Royal Hull Infirmary.

Mel said that after five hours spent at the Hull Royal Infirmary, where she had undergone blood tests, heart checks and X-rays on the lungs, she had gotten the go-ahead.

She thanked all the doctors who took care of her adding: "We are taking the NHS completely for granted. I was very impressed.

In addition to focusing on the fragility of life, Mel sent a provocative message to those to whom she had sent transphobic comments as a result of her visit to the hospital.

She said, "People say it's a pity I'm not dead." Well, I have a message for you, there's nothing wrong with this ticker or my lungs, everything has been checked, so you've booked me a lot of time so I'm sure it'll make you all happy.

"All I wanted to do was thank the staff who took care of me and that all these people wanted me dead." It's as if you probably had more to think of life than to wish death to other people "

Mel said she had something to say to those who wrote, "It's not her, it's a hey."

"How big is your brain?" It's about the size of a head because you can not think of anything else to say, "she said. "It's all you ever come back to, it's a he not a her."

The country took Mel to heart when she began sharing the details of her transformation with the public.

Having immediately quit her job after winning the lottery, she enjoyed her first night of Christmas Eve without sitting at the wheel of a taxi.

She left home and went to a £ 450,000 home with Rachel, her fiancée, who had five children and who had fallen on one knee before the decisive victory.

At the time of winning the scratch card, his own children, aged 19 and 39, had retired from their lives.

She told the Mirror how she felt like a "new woman" after spending £ 50,000 on new teeth, lip shutters, cheek and botox shutters.

The next stage of his transformation – a £ 15,000 nose job and a facelift – had been reserved by Mel before his death.