TV presenter Fiona Phillips reveals she has Alzheimer's at age 62

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Former GMTV presenter Fiona Phillips has revealed that she has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's at the age of 62. 'This disease has ravaged my family and now it has come for me,' she said

The TV presenter and journalist, best known as a former host of the ITV breakfast programme, told the: “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 added: “It’s something I might have thought I’d get at 80… 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.”and has two children in their early twenties, chose to speak out 18 months after she was first diagnosed.

Contrary to public perceptions of Alzheimer’s, “I’m still here, getting out and about, meeting friends for coffee, going for dinner with Martin and walking every day,” she said. She revealed she has been accepted onto a trial for a drug that is hoped to slow the progress of the disease, adding: “My poor stomach is full of pin marks.”Phillips, who fronted GMTV from 1997 until 2008, when she announced she would be leaving the show for family reasons. She has since made appearances as a guest presenter on

 

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