Somebody I Used to Know (Omnibus)

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Aged just 58, Wendy Mitchell faced up to a disease threatening to steal all hope.

A dementia diagnosis at just 58 saw Wendy Mitchell face up to a disease threatening to steal all hope. Read by Tessa Gallagher.

Wendy Mitchell was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s​ at the age of 58 ​. ​

But after a 20-year NHS career based in York, this single mother of two adult daughters was not going to ​just ​give in. 

Th​is is her account, written with Anna Wharton, of how she determined to try and outsmart the challenges served up by the dementia on a daily basis. 

​Every tiny victory was hard won.​

Every day is faced with courage and resourcefulness.​

​F​our years on from th​e​ diagnosis, she still lives independently, spends more time than ever travelling th​roughout the UK to give talks​,​​ ​and ​continues to ​do whatever she can to change a society that views dementia as a death sentence. 

Her driving force is a compulsion to live in the moment, never knowing which version of herself ​- somebody she used to know - ​ might greet ​her ​when she wakes ​each​ morning.​ ​

Written by Wendy Mitchell and Anna Wharton.

Omnibus of five parts abridged by Amanda Hargreaves

Read by Tessa Gallagher.  

Producer:  Lizzie Davies

A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in February 2018.

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