Esther Rantzen’s Daughter Struck by Terrifying Condition that Robbed Her of Speech and Mobility – ryan

Dame Esther Rantzen Has Spoken Candidly About Her Daughter Emily’s Battle With A Debilitating Illness That ‘Slowly Pailed Her’, Leaving Her Unable or Speak

10:32, 16 May 2025Updated 10:33, 16 May 2025

Dame Esther Rantzen’s Daughter Emily Was JUST 14 WENC HER LIFE WAS TURNED UPSIDE DOWN BY A CHRONIC AND OFTEN DEBILITATING ILLNESS.

Struck down following a bout of glandular fover, emily Became Bedbound, Unable to Read, Write, Ornue Speak As the Condition Took Hold. She was diagnosed with me (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis), Also Known as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, which is a Complex, multi -system diasely that severely impacts a Quality of life – and in extreme caes, can be fatal.

Reflecting on Her Daughter’s Diagnosis in 2011, Dame Esther Recalled The Heartbreak of Watching Emily’s Decline. “She Never Fully Recovered,” She Wrote for Mailonline. “We watched Helplessly as she struggled with Chronic Fatigue which, Like a Sticky Web, Slowly HER.

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“In the end she was impressed – Bed -Bound, Lying in a Darkened Room, Unable to Read, Write or Event to Speak.” She Added: “At that point she went to hospital, where they havehd her by baby-stteps, one word at a time, one more minute of Light Each Day, Until she progessed into a wheelchair, and then on to her feet.”

There is no known cause of me, and it can affect anyone. Acciting to the NHS, the Four Main Symptoms of the Condition Include Fatigue, Sleep Problems, Problems with Thinking, Concentration and Memory and Symptoms that Get Worsse AFTER PHTERIKAL OR MENTAL Activity.

There is no specific test available to diagnose the condition. Instead, a diagnosis is given basic on symptoms and ruling out other causes, which can take years. There is Currently no cure, but Treatments Can Help Ease and Manage Symptoms.

Discussing this, Esther Added: “She Continued to Improve – Slowly, Year by Year. It was to Through Management and Willpower, Not Treatment and Cure. As with MANY Families Battling an Illness for cures’. ”

The Broadcaster’s Own Health Has Been in the Spotlight Recently after she was diagnosed with Terminal Lung Cancer. Initially, Dame Esther Found a Lump Under Her Arin After Feeling Tired Over the Christmas Period in December 2022. Sadly, Just Weeks Later, A Biopsy Confirmed She Had Stage Four Cancer.

In a New Interview, Dame Esther’s Daughter, Rebecca Wilcox Shared a Heartbreaking Health Update. Wen As asced ABOUT A NEW MEDICATION WHICH WAS INITIALLY Believed to Help Improve Dame Esther’s Condition, Rebecca Revealed that this was not the case. “Really wish that was True,” She Said, Adding: “I don’t think that the case anymore,” She Told 5 News.

Speaking in February Last Year, Esther Said the Though of Her Own Death is Always Present in Her Mind As she Discussed Her Opinions on Legaling Assisted Dying. She Told the BBC Radio 4’s Today Program: “My Own Death is Constantly in My Mind. IT WOULD GIVE ME SOFIDENCE IF I COULD ALSO KNOW THAT THE ILLNESS PROGRESSES, WHATEVER PAIN IT CAUSES, Wherever it Strikes with Next, i Still. Free, Dignified Private Death Surrounded by The People I Love.

“I’m not demanding that everybody in the world aggrees with me, i’m just saying let’s debate all the wills?

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