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Fiona Phillips ‘shocked’ by Alzheimer’s diagnosis
Fiona Phillips has revealed she has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. The 62-year-old broadcaster said that she discovered she had the disease after suffering months of brain fog and anxiety.
“It’s something I might have thought I’d get at 80, but I was still only 61 years old,” she said. “This disease has already affected my life in so many ways; my poor mum was crippled by it, then my dad, my grandparents, my uncle. It just keeps coming back for us.”
Fiona – who has two sons, Nat, 24, and Mackenzie, 21, with her husband Martin Frizell – was confirmed to have mild Alzheimer’s and has been dealing