‘It was hard to accept that I was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in my fifties’
ok.co.ukEarlier this month, Fiona Phillips surprised readers when she opened up about her heartbreaking Alzheimer's disease diagnosis and revealed that she'd been diagnosed with the illness a year ago.The 62 year old former GMTV presenter announced the news in an interview with The Mirror in which she spoke about how the disease had "ravaged" her family after her mother, father, uncle and grandfather had been diagnosed.
During the interview, Fiona also spoke about the reality of being diagnosed with Alzheimer's in her early sixties given that the illness is most common in people over the age of 65. "It’s something I might have thought I’d get at 80.
But I was still only 61 years old," she said. Like Fiona, Anita Goundry was diagnosed with early/young-onset Alzheimer's disease.
55 year old Anita, from County Durham was diagnosed around five years ago after experiencing symptoms for a decade. Here, she speaks to OK!
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