This week I’ve been spending time back in Broughton and just chilling with family. It isn’t wild, but is very lovely. In the gaps I’ve managed to read the memoir, ‘Somebody I Used to Know’. I came across it online as I follw Wendy Mitchell’s blog, ‘Which me am I today?’ She is a woman who (or is it whom?) I hugely admire. Diagnosed with early onset Alzheimers, she has set about showing the nation that her illness is just like any other, something you live with and maange rather than a reason to give up on life. this is a super memoir about dementia.

Wendy is something of a force of nature. In all honesty, I bet she is a real ‘go-getter’. She gave an animated interview on Jenny Eclair’s and Judith Holder’s ‘Older and Wider’ podcast which I really enjoyed and inspired me to learn more about her and dementia, specifically Alzheimers. (episode 20 I think). In her book she shares how she travels up and down the country, raising awareness about dementia and meeting both like minded people, and also people, who need educating. Significantly, she describes her emotions of living with the illness and how she manages the difficulties it imposes. She is very frank and honest, so consequently it is a really moving and powerful read.