Television journalist Fiona Phillips revealed yesterday that she has Alzheimer's disease, having been diagnosed 18 months ago.
Aged just 62, the Mirror columnist's family has been decimated by the illness, and Fiona has always feared it would come for her too.
"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," she told the Mirror.