TV presenter Fiona Phillips has announced that she has Alzheimer's disease at the age of 62. Fiona, who was raised in Pembrokeshire, revealed that she was first diagnosed with the disease a year ago after suffering with brain fog and anxiety.
It is not her first experience of the condition, as she sadly lost both her parents to the disease, her mum Amy died in 2006 and her dad, Phil, died in 2012. She told The Mirror: "This disease has ravaged my family and now it has come for me. And all over the country there are people of all different ages whose lives are being affected by it - it’s heartbreaking. I just hope I can help find a cure which might make things better for others in the future."
She revealed that she thought she might get the condition in her 80s and was shocked to get the diagnosis at 61. She said: "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.”
