Thomas Stern, the husband of Catherine Laborde, was the guest of Ca begins today this Tuesday, October 4. The opportunity for him to give news of his wife.
Four years ago, Catherine Laborde announced sad news. The former iconic weather presenter of TF1 revealed to suffer from Lewy body diseasea degenerative pathology of the brain accumulating symptoms Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases. This Tuesday, October 4, Faustine Bollaert hosted the show It starts today and she received Thomas Stern, the husband of Catherine Laborde. The opportunity for him to make some secrets about the state of health of the one who shares his life. “It’s hard“, he first confided, very touched. “She has entered a phase where she has difficulty expressing herself, that is to say that she understands what we are saying, but she has a lot of trouble formulating things. he continued. A very complicated situation for the couple, but Thomas Stern said they have no intention of giving up. “Lewy body disease is a fluctuating disease. She has times when she becomes completely lucid again“, he specifies before adding: “Although I like times when everything is fine, it does not reassure Catherine who wonders what is going on“, he concluded.
Since this sad announcement, Catherine Laborde has remained far from the media coverage. She can count on the support of her husband but also of her daughters. A daily life that has been completely turned upside down, as she explained in our columns: “I don’t go out alone. I stumble a lot. But with Thomas or my daughters, yes. Thomas pushes me to go out, to see friends, to have a social life“, she confided. Subsequently, it was in front of the cameras of 50 Minutes Inside that Catherine Laborde spoke. “When you ask me if I’m fine, I’ll tell you, ‘yes, sometimes. And some, it’s not going well‘“, she had declared. She then mentioned the symptoms of which she is a victim: “My symptoms are those of old age: fatigue, uncoordinated movements, falls. I stumble at least once a day“, she added before specifying: “But it’s not just the body that is gradually unraveling. I also feel like I’m much more emotional than before”. A revelation confirmed by Thomas Stern who was at his side: “There are painful sentences as well as phases of stabilization“, he had concluded.
Catherine Laborde: when did she say goodbye to viewers?
For twenty-eight years, Catherine Laborde presented the weather forecast on TF1. Much appreciated by viewers, it was on January 1, 2017 that she said goodbye. A moment of emotion that she had evoked during her visit to the program 50 Minutes Inside. “It seems far to me, because all the same, it’s the disease that will win out.” she assured before adding: “It’s a shame, I would have liked it to last longer. But, I know well that there is a moment where it should stop“. A daily struggle for Catherine Laborde that she wanted to mention for the first time in her book To shiver, published in 2018. Well surrounded, she can count on the support of her husband, Thomas Stern and her daughters.
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She can count on the support of her husband, Thomas Stern.
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“She has entered a phase where she finds it difficult to express herself,” he said.
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“It’s hard,” said Thomas Stern.
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