Peggy Plagemen, a Virginia woman who lost her husband to FTD, shared her story with WWBT-TV (Richmond) in a segment that aired October 12. Peggy told reporter Sarah Bloom that Wayne, her husband of nearly four decades, began to exhibit “rather bizarre behavior” — a hair-trigger temper, a lack of concern for personal hygiene, a penchant for sneaking out of the house to see other women. Wayne’s strange behavior tore the couple apart. Finally, after multiple incorrect diagnoses, a doctor told Wayne he had FTD. He died a little over a year ago, and, Peggy told WWBT, “I’m still grieving for him.” Peggy, a veteran of AFTD’s Food for Thought campaign, said she shared her story to help raise awareness of FTD. You can watch the full story at the WWBT website.
from Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration http://ift.tt/2ebedJu
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