i got home and told mel, and the following day i went to see my gp. i thought he had a brain tumour. i decided that must be, you know, the personality differences, the short—term memorx _ and the september when he came home distressed from the bike ride, i insisted the next morning and made him go straight away that monday morning. my neurologist said, "are you sat down? it's not good news." so mel and i held hands, and he said, with everything put together — the scans, the neuropsychological testing that he gave me — the diagnosis of early onset dementia and probable cte. we were crying, we were screaming. iran into the toilet and was physically sick during that diagnosis phone call. it was such an overwhelming shock. to be told that your husband,