Bruce Willis' wife Emma Heming Willis talks about the major ups and downs of dealing with his [...]
Bruce Willis' wife, Emma Heming Willis, is speaking up on both"the blessing and the curse," that has come with the Die Hard actor's dementia diagnosis. Willis' family announced in March of last year that he had been diagnosed with aphasia – and later that he had frontotemporal dementia.
"The most important thing was to be able, for us, to say what the disease was, explain what it is, because when you know what the disease is from a medical standpoint it sort of all makes sense," Heming Willis explained."It was important that we let [our daughters] know what it is because I don't want there to be any stigma or shame attached to their dad's diagnosis or any form of dementia.
"Honestly, he is the gift that keeps on giving. Love. Patience. resilience. So much and he's teaching me and our whole family," Heming Willis revealed."For me to be out here doing this, this is not my comfort zone. This is the power of Bruce." Emma Heming Willis' account of the challenges that have come with Bruce Willis' diagnosis is apparently not an uncommon one for those dealing with FTD. Susan Wilkinson, chief executive of the Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration, provided additional information about why FTD is often misdiagnosed:
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