Fiona Phillips, 62, shares heartbreaking health updates

Fiona Phillips has shared a heartbreaking health update. She revealed that she has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. The TV presenter, who is 62 years old, is currently on trial for a drug called Miridesap. This drug is hoped to slow or even reverse the illness. Fiona spoke to The Mirror and told them she had experienced minor lapses in her short-term memory. For example, she needs to remember what she was saying mid-conversation. Doctors at University College Hospital in London are currently administering cognitive tests to Fiona to determine if the trial drugs she is taking are stabilizing or even reversing her symptoms. Whether Fiona is receiving the drug or a placebo as part of the trial is unknown. Fiona has reported experiencing anxiety since her diagnosis and has limited her outings. Fiona still feels nervous about people knowing she has Alzheimer's. Sometimes, she forgets that she went public with her diagnosis in July 2023. Like many people with Alzheimer's, she has been prescribed antidepressants. Fiona insists she is getting on with life and still 'doing nice things.' Last July, Fiona informed the Mirror that she had received the news of her parents' devastating dementia disease, which killed them both, about a year ago. She had been suffering from months of brain fog and anxiety. Fiona initially experienced severe anxiety, which she believed was related to menopause. The couple explained their experience. However, after experiencing symptoms such as brain fog despite using HRT, she underwent further testing, which ultimately led to a diagnosis of Alzheimer's. Ms. Phillips' father, Neville, passed away in February 2012, and her mother, Amy, passed away from the disease in May 2006. Ms. Phillips has advocated for Alzheimer's Research UK and frequently discussed the disease. She plans to create an action plan that can be used if she 'disappears.' She expressed her concern about inheriting the disease due to her family history and sometimes wakes up feeling anxious and worried about it. Her parents were relatively young when they got it; her mother was in her early 50s, although at the time, they just put it down to her being eccentric. Fiona started her journalistic career as a reporter for local radio stations, including Radio Mercury in Sussex and County Sound in Surrey. She later joined GMTV as an entertainment correspondent in 1993 and was promoted to LA correspondent in December. From 1997 to 2008, Fiona was the main anchor of the breakfast show every Monday to Wednesday. In 2008, she announced that she would leave the show for family reasons and presented her last show in December. Her departure followed the death of her mother and came after her father had also been diagnosed with the disease.