Sophia speaks to OK! about how Alzheimer’s disease has affected her family
Earlier this month, Fiona Phillips bravely opened up about how she'd been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in her early sixties. The 62 year old TV personality spoke to The Mirror in an emotional interview in which she revealed that she'd been diagnosed with the same illness that had "ravaged" her family after her mother, father, uncle and grandfather had previously been diagnosed.
When my dad, Wilson, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, I hadn’t really heard of the condition. It was in the noughties and there wasn’t a lot of discussion about what it was – I thought it affected older people, though now I know it can affect people of any age. Heart shattered As his Alzheimer’s progressed, my dad’s behaviour became more concerning, and it suddenly felt like our relationship had been reversed. Where once he’d looked after my siblings and I, we were the ones looking after him. It was like we were the parents and he was the child. Sadly he passed away in 2006 at the age of 75.
In denial Mum was officially diagnosed several years later. Some of my siblings were initially in denial as they couldn’t believe the diagnosis had come around again. My mum also found it hard to accept that something wasn’t right – especially when people told her she didn’t seem like herself. She couldn’t face it.
I know losing a parent is the natural flow of life, but to see both my parents live with Alzheimer’s was extremely upsetting. It was like a prolonged death where they’re made up of bits and pieces of the person you once knew. Spiral into panic I don’t know if I’ve inherited any genes from my parents that put me at a higher risk, but the worry that there’s a genetic component is always there. Whenever I begin to experience brain fog during conversations or if I forget dates of things, I spiral into a panic where my mind assumes I’m displaying signs of Alzheimer’s. It’s like I have a voice in my head saying, “This could be it.
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