GMB’s Susanna Reid and Ed Balls send support to Fiona Phillips after she reveals Alzheimer’s diagnosis at 62
But in August 2008, Fiona announced that she was to leave GMTV for "family reasons".'s late parents - Neville and Amy - died from Alzheimer's, and she has tragic memories of their deterioration.has been secretly living with for 18 months, has come earlier in life than she had anticipated.: “It’s something I might have thought I’d get at 80. But I was still only 61 years old.
“I felt more angry than anything else because this disease has already impacted my life in so many ways; my poor mum was crippled with it, then my dad, my grandparents, my uncle. It just keeps coming back for us.”who has faced his own crisis in recent months as the editor of ITV's This Morning. The popular star suffered from brain fog and extreme anxiety prior to her diagnosis, which was so bad she feared she'd never work on TV again.
She put it down to the effects of the menopause and said she cried "a thousand rivers" and "feared for her sanity". She added: "God, it’s horrible, I haven’t worked for the first time in my life, I can’t do television work because I’m so anxious and just scared of everything and I’m not that kind of person at all.Read More On The Sun
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