A little pocket rocket breezes into the room with a cheery greeting and proceeds to chat, with barely a breath, at about a hundred miles an hour.

But glance into her aquamarine eyes and you can see her hidden heartache.

For Liz Walker is dying and these photographs are among the last she will ever have taken of herself.

Liz, 42, is still a relatively young woman but a cruel, rare, genetic condition has caused incurable cancers.

And last week when she should have been enjoying fun days out with her beloved husband Graham she was bravely arranging her own funeral.

Now all Liz is hoping for is to meet her favourite band Kasabian and share some more happy memories with Graham, 44, before she dies.

Liz has Fanconi Anaemia, a genetic blood disease which causes bone marrow failure and makes people prone to many kinds of cancer. There are only a handful of British patients.

Liz hopes to meet her favourite band Kasabian
Good-humoured Liz told off Graham for discussing with her doctor what will happen in the next season of Game Of Thrones in 2019
Liz looked sensational with her radical new haircut and makeup

She had only been married a few months when she was diagnosed with the condition at 21. And she has known she was living on borrowed time ever since with sufferers not expected to live much beyond their 20s.

Two years ago Liz from Dreghorn, Ayrshire spoke to the Daily Record because she wanted to raise awareness of the condition before she dies.

It was formerly considered a childhood disease because no one survived to adulthood but with advances in medicine the average lifespan has increased to 33.

But only a few around the world make it into their forties or fifties.

Liz is the third oldest in the UK and has only survived as long as she has because her brother Fulton flew from his home in New Zealand to donate his bone marrow to her a few years after her diagnosis.

But in May she received news which would devastate her - cancer had finally come chapping at her door.

She now has five separate cancers - all of them incurable.

She has two on her tongue, one on her cheek, liver cancer and a gynaecological cancer.

Liz also has kidney failure and needs dialysis several times a week but since she received her cancer diagnoses she has been removed from the transplant list. She admitted: “It hurt when they rang to say I was off the list.”

And she is also battling to cope with lung condition bronchiectasis.

She opted against having her tongue removed as a treatment for cancer because she had seen many other FA patients’ lives ruined by the operation.

“When I refused the operation they told me all they could do was palliative and just shooed me away - or at least that’s what it felt like.”

However, one oncologist decided to operated to cut out the majority of the cancer - leaving her with half a tongue - to give her some quality of life. But she has been told it will return.

Liz hopes to spend a night at the Marine Highland Hotel in Troon where she wed Graham 21 years ago
Liz was diagnosed with the cruel condition months after she wed Graham aged 21

Her liver cancer is inoperable and vaginal cancer means even sitting down can leave her in agony.

In tears she said: “I just don’t feel I am a proper wife to Graham any more.”

Her weight has plummeted to the five and a half stones and even although she is a petite 4’ 9” tall it is still far too light to be healthy. She is at risk of malnutrition so she will this week be fitted with a feeding tube up her nose to try to get her the nourishment she so desperately requires.

She has begun to work her way through her F*** It Bucket List - attempting to do all the things she never dared to before she dies.

Already she has dyed her hair purple and had a radical haircut, had Graham’s initials tattooed on her neck and attended her first music festival.

However, there are a few things to tick off and the top two on her list were having professional photographs of her and Graham taken before she is fitted with her feeding tube and meeting her favourite band Kasabian.

She saw Kasabian at the festival a few months ago and has tickets to see them one last time in November.

“I just love them. They are my favourite band. Some of their songs really speak to me. I will have one of them, Goodbye Kiss, played at my funeral.”

She also hopes to spend a night at the Marine Highland Hotel in Troon, where she and Graham wed 21 years ago, and to go on a picnic at Edinburgh Zoo.

On Tuesday we were able to make one of her final wishes come true with the help of hairdresser to the stars, Taylor Ferguson, and Jennifer Beattie of Violet Rose makeup artistry.

First stylist Ian at Taylor Ferguson gave her hair a modern cut and colour and then Jennifer further pampered her with a bespoke make-up session ahead of the couple coming into the studio where photographer Paul Chappells took the photos of their dreams.

Liz said: “It was a fabulous experience. We just can’t thank everyone enough for such a special day. I love my hair and make-up and can’t wait to see the photographs.

“I just wanted a proper photograph to leave for Graham and to put on top of my coffin at my funeral.

“Arranging the funeral was so hard. I didn’t realise it would be so expensive and because of my Fanconi Anaemia I was not been able to get life insurance when I was young.

“I worry what will happen to Graham when I die because he may struggle to pay all the bills without my financial contribution. I just hope he manages to keep the house because I won’t be able to leave him anything.”

Liz said she "won't be giving in" to cancer that easily and plans to make the most of her time left
Liz hopes her husband Graham will meet someone else after she dies as she said he'd make a good father

Making the arrangements for her own funeral was heartbreaking.

In tears she said: “At the crematorium they asked if it was to be a single or double plot for the ashes. When I said it was single, I felt so alone. But Graham is still young and I hope he meets someone else.

“He would be a great dad. I am so sorry I wasn’t able to give him children because the chemotherapy before the bone marrow transplant took that chance away from me. If we had children at least they would have been there to help him when I die.

“We have always done everything together and I worry what will happen to him when I’m no longer here.”

But although her future is bleak she still retains a sense of humour.

“Graham and one of my doctors are big Game of Thrones fans and they were talking about what might happen in the new series in 2019. I just said ‘hey, show a bit of compassion!’

“I am determined to enjoy the last few months I have left and I won’t be giving in. If you do that you are on a downward road.”

Liz's hair was styled by Ian at Taylor Ferguson and her makeup was done by Jennifer Beattie of Violet Rose makeup artistry.