Fiona Phillipshusband, Martin Frizellopened about frustrations that is facing over his partnership Alzheimer’s Diagnosis.
The broadcaster, 64, learned that she had a condition, which causes a cognitive decline, 2022. years. She went to the public in the diagnosis next year in the offer to raise awareness and collecting stigma surrounding the disease.
Phillips, which married Frizell in 1997. documented their experience in a new book called Remember when: my life with Alzheimerwritten with her husband as well as former A day mirror Editor Alison Phillips.
Talking TelegraphFrizell, former editor This morningThey found that he intended to write only “a few paragraphs” for his wife’s book, but he finished writing 24,000 words when his rage in the situation began to write.
“I started writing about what is a great woman and how awful and terribly unhappily she was the latest in her family’s long line to get it,” Frizell explained.
“Then I just got mad at what little support exists. You realize that there are about 70,000 people who have an early attacker Alzheimer’s, a million or so much in the country, and you realize that there is not much help.”
He continued, “As a family, we just passed through that and at some point we will need more support, but there is only nothing actually.”
Appearing on This morning On Friday (11th July), Frizell shared that Phillips sometimes confused who she was. Referring to a recent photo of the recorded presenter, he said, “He looks great and somehow smiling … And what you don’t know is that I thought I thought I thought I was kidnapping her.”
He added that he recognized him as his wife “most of the time”.
Frizell deviated from his role as an editor This morning 2024 After a decade on the show, in order to focus on “family priorities”.
The journalist recently made a heart recognition that he wanted to be diagnosed with a cancer, not Alzheimer’s wife.
“Shocking is to say, but at least maybe she had a chance chance, and he would surely have treatment path and a series of support and care packages,” he wrote in the second extraction from Remember when.
“But that is not here for Alzheimer’s. Just as there are no funny or inspiring windows or fashion rifles with a smile, healthy survivors.”
Frizell and Phillips have two sons: Nathaniel, 26 and Mackenzie, 23.