rugby player, told that you had early onset dementia. for both of you, i imagine, that was an extraordinary moment. steve, what was your feeling at that time? er, relief, i must admit, at first. so many things had been going on, i d changed. so many different things sort of happening in life that just didn t seem right. it came to a point, suddenly being tested and that, you sort of go into denial and say no, i m absolutely fine, there s nothing wrong with me. you do the tests, suddenly, there s a memory test i had to do, and ijust fell apart in the middle, got upset and started crying. that was the moment i thought, i m in trouble here. and just after that, it s like guilt. for the first day, wasn t it, it was like, oh, there s something wrong with me,
going on, i d changed. so many different things sort of happening in life thatjust didn t seem right. it came to a point, suddenly being tested and that, you sort of go into denial and say no, i m absolutely fine, there s nothing wrong with me. you do the tests, suddenly, there s a memory test i had to do, and ijust fell apart in the middle, got upset and started crying. that was the moment i thought, i m in trouble here. and just after that, it s like guilt. for the first day, wasn t it, it was like, oh, there s something wrong with me, we can get it fixed. then the reality hits, you can t fix it. it s not necessarily fixable, that s the problem with dementia. and that s when the guilt comes in, towards steph and the kids, i ve got them involved in this, and that was the hardest part. steph, how did you deal with that, apart from anything else, the fact that your husband, who married at the tail end
admit, at first. so many things had been going on, i d changed. so many different things sort of happening in life thatjust didn t seem right. it came to a point, suddenly being tested and that, you sort of go into denial and say no, i m absolutely fine, there s nothing wrong with me. you do the tests, suddenly, there s a memory test i had to do, and ijust fell apart in the middle, got upset and started crying. that was the moment i thought, i m in trouble here. and just after that, it s like guilt. for the first day, wasn t it, it was like, oh, there s something wrong with me, we can get it fixed. then the reality hits, you can t fix it. it s not necessarily fixable, that s the problem with dementia. and that s when the guilt comes in, towards steph and the kids, i ve got them involved in this, and that was the hardest part. steph, how did you deal with that, apart from anything else, the fact that your husband,
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