Former GMTV presenter Fiona Philips initially blamed menopause for her marriage struggles, before she started Alzheimer’s beginning.
The distributor, 64, found that he had the disease in 2022, and this would reduce cognitive reduction, and the following year, with his diagnosis, he was publicly trying to raise awareness and dismantle.
In the extract of your new book Remember what time: my life with Alzheimer’sPublished in Sunday lettersThe TV star admitted that his marriage to Martin Freezel’s editor is “under pressure”, and he now believes that “the disease was at least somewhat responsible”.
However, “at the time when none of us could see it”, and Phillips “only more and more from Martin and boys.”
After dealing with “a sense of brain fog and anxiety that [she] Philips began to believe that his symptoms were associated with menopause.
However, the situation has not improved after several months of HRT treatment (hormone replacement therapy), which is used to reduce menopausal symptoms.
Philips then consulted with the doctor, asking him to undergo a series of experiments, as well as an MRI scan and waist hole.
The consultant then informed him that he had Alzheimer’s at the age of 61.
The couple were initially “shocked”, but eventually vowed to “continue their lives” as much as possible. ”
Freezel stepped down his role as editor of ITV This morning In 2024, after a decade of play, in order to focus on “family priorities”.
The journalist recently accepted a daunting confession that his wife had been diagnosed with cancer rather than dementia.
“This is a shocking word, but at least it may have a cure at that time, and it certainly had a treatment and a set of support packages,” he said. Remember K.Human
“But this is not for Alzheimer’s. Just like no funny or inspiring tiktok movie or fashion branches with smiling survivors.”
