Davina McCall on 'advanced Alzheimer's' symptoms after surgery

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe BBC reports that TV presenter Davina McCall says she had symptoms of what she calls advanced Alzheimer's after brain surgery.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorShe says the memory loss followed an operation to remove a benign tumour.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThat sounds frightening, and I admire anyone who talks about it openly, because that is how a conversation starts.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorWell, memory issues are serious business, but I suppose at least she can blame the surgery, unlike the rest of us who just forget things because we're getting old.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorOf course you do.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorItem one is a Pixar trailer, and I can even tell you which character did it. I'm just saying my recall is excellent.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorI can't recall the code to my bunker most mornings. That's twenty-eight years of canned beans I may never reach.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorAnd yet the trailer is crystal clear.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe one memory I'd trade, and it's the only one that stayed.