Fiona Phillips has shared a heartbreaking health update after revealing she has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease.
The TV presenter, 62, is currently on a drug called miridesap – which is hoped could slow or even reverse the illness.
Speaking to The Mirror, Fiona told how she has experienced small lapses in her short term memory, such as forgetting what she was saying mid-conversation.
She said: ‘Oh it’s awful but I keep having these moments where I think,”‘what’s the word?” It doesn’t happen all the time.. just occasionally. And that’s just not me at all.
‘I can normally talk until next Christmas. It is just weird when it happens because I’m thinking, “why has my mouth stopped and I’m still thinking about the sentence?” It’s really weird.”
Candid: Fiona Phillips has shared a heartbreaking health update after revealing she has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease
Doctors at University College Hospital in London are still giving Fiona cognitive tests to see if the trial drugs she is taking could be stabilising – or reversing – her symptoms.
