Fiona Phillips admits ‘feeling guilt’ for husband as Alzheimer’s takes toll

Fiona Phillips opens up about her Alzheimer’s diagnosis

Fiona Phillips admitted she feels guilty for putting pressure on her husband.

The 62-year-old praised her spouse Martin Frizell, 64, who is also the editor of ITV’s This Morning saying he has stepped up since she received her diagnosis.

“He’s been amazing”, she told The Mirror. “One of the things that has happened to me is that I’ve lost all interest in cooking and food.”

She continued: “I used to like that but now when Martin gets home from work he’ll cook. I do feel a bit guilty because it’s another pressure on him but I just can’t be bothered.

“There are some days I can’t be bothered to do anything. It’s partly this malaise that I’m in I suppose.”

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The former broadcaster went on to share that her husband “stabbing me three times a day with needles” as he assists in giving Fiona her daily medication.

Two months after revealing her condition, the former ITV Breakfast host wants to continue to raise awareness.

She opened up about her “awful” brain fog and being a part of cognitive tests to see if trial drugs could stabilise or even reverse the symptoms of Alzheimer’s.

Fiona is being regularly monitored by doctors at University College Hospital in London, but neither of them knows if she is on an actual trial drug or a placebo, which according to The Mirror, “is necessary for a wide-scale experiment”.

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The presenter married Martin in 1997 after the pair had been colleagues at GMTV.

The couple share two sons – Nathaniel, born in 1998, and Mackenzie, born in 2002.

Fiona has had a range of presenting roles with ITV from 1993 to 2008 and has also filled in for Lorraine Kelly on her self-titled programme in the years since ITV took it over.

Alzheimer’s is a progressive disease that causes mild memory loss in its early stages.

In late-stage Alzheimer’s, individuals lose the ability to carry on a conversation and respond to their environment.

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