'I hope this book can show people a little about what it is like to live with Alzheimers. How frightening and confusing it is. But also how much life can still bring joy and be valued.'
Much-loved broadcaster Fiona Phillips was sixty-one when she discovered that she had early-onset Alzheimers disease. She had cared for her parents who had both suffered from the disease and now she was facing the same heartbreaking diagnosis under no illusions about what it would mean for her and her family.
With courage and determination, Fiona set out to chronicle what was happening to her in the hope that her book would help others. From the tiny first warning signs - the inability to concentrate and the brain fog she wrote off as the menopause - to the gradual loss of her memories and her growing confusion, she reveals how the disease progresses and how she copes. She also shares her experiences with the NHS and the systems that may seem hard for patients and their families to navigate.
Written with Fionas trademark honesty, Remember Me is a compelling and moving memoir as well as a book offering an important insight into life with a disease that will impact many of us.
'Fiona is one of the strongest, kindest and bravest women I know and her honesty and resilience shine through on every page' - Lorraine Kelly
'Fiona and her family are just incredible! The strength, the love, the way theyve handled everything with such grace and courage is so inspiring' - Alison Hammond
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Fiona is one of the strongest, kindest and bravest women I know and her honesty and resilience shine through on every page -- Lorraine Kelly Fiona and her family are just incredible! The strength, the love, the way theyve handled everything with such grace and courage is so inspiring -- Alison Hammond The nation fell in love with Fiona, the queen of the breakfast TV sofa, as she seamlessly manoeuvred her way from skewering the PM to flirting with Donny Osmond to debating the very real dangers of killer bed slippers. Reading this book, youll fall in love with her all over again, as I have -- Ben Shephard
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A heartfelt, moving and necessary book on what it is like to live with Alzheimer's, by the hugely popular presenter Fiona Phillips, that will bring comfort to anyone suffering from the early onset of the disease, as well as their loved ones.
Fiona Phillips presented GMTV on ITV for many years, and fronted several BBC documentaries and episodes of Panorama, although she was most proud of being one of the Daily Mirrors longest-serving columnists. She made two documentaries on her familys history of Alzheimers, Mum, Dad, Alzheimers and Me and My Family and Alzheimers and is an ambassador for Alzheimers Society.
Her TV work stopped in 2018, when she started to suffer from anxiety. In 2022, she announced that she had early-onset dementia. Remember When is her second book.
