July 6th 2023.
Kate Garraway discussed the last conversation she had with Fiona Phillips on Thursday's Good Morning Britain. Kate revealed that Fiona had been asking about her husband Derek Draper, who fell seriously ill with Covid-19 in March 2020, last time they spoke.
Kate explained: "The last conversation I had with her, which was only a few weeks ago, what she was doing was talking to me about Derek – full of love for Derek, very close to Derek – and thinking about me dealing with Derek. Of course, I now think that she must have had in her mind that she would come to a place where Martin and her sons were going to be taking care of her. It makes me feel emotional thinking about [how] that must have been going through her mind and still is."
Fiona Phillips, 62, revealed this week that she’s been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. She has been suffering from brain fog and anxiety for months before the diagnosis. Fiona is now undergoing trials as part of research into a revolutionary treatment being investigated by scientists.
Confirming her ‘heartbreaking’ diagnosis to The Mirror, columnist Fiona said the disease has ‘ravaged’ her family and has now ‘come for’ her. She said: “It’s something I might have thought I’d get at 80. But I was still only 61 years old. 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.”
Fiona’s husband, TV’s This Morning editor Martin Frizell, 64, was with her as she gave the interview, agreeing that Fiona’s family has been ‘riddled with it’ and it was a ‘total shock’ for them both to have received the diagnosis at her age.
The GMTV host has chosen to share her diagnosis publicly now after keeping it to herself for 18 months, admitting it was a ‘horrible secret’. Fiona hopes that by doing so, she can help to bring awareness to the devastating effects of Alzheimer’s and contribute to research for a possible cure.
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