We had marriage counselling, lost our home & I had to hide kitchen knives after cruel disease stole my ‘gentle’ husband

We had marriage counselling, lost our home & I had to hide kitchen knives after cruel disease stole my ‘gentle’ husband …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>>

DEMENTIA is a disease we associate with the old and frail, memory blips and people slowly fading away.

It’s not something Mary Whitaker imagined would strike her husband Richard Fried at 55, turning their lives upside down.

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Mary Whitaker was forced to give up her job after husband Richard was diagnosed with dementiaCredit: Oliver Dixon

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Mary fears Richard no longer recognises her – though they do have ‘sweet little interactions’Credit: Channel 4

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Mary and Richard on the Isle Of Sheppey…

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