Iris Mittenaere, ex-Miss France and Miss Universe 2016, has just shared a touching story about her grandmother in a radio column. In fact, she has Alzheimer's disease, which upsets the whole family. And first of all, his grandfather …
This Monday, September 21, 2020 was World Alzheimer’s Day. A subject by which the former Miss France and Miss Universe Iris Mittenaerese feels very concerned, since her grandmother is affected. At the microphone of Chérie FM radio, where she writes Iris Coffee, she confided in this disease and its impact on her grandmother's health, as well as on the family balance.
On the front line in the face of illness, the grandfather of the ex-Miss. Faced with the situation, he had to support his wife. And for that, right after learning of the diagnosis, he decided to buy a notebook and wrote down his love story with her, in order to put his memory to work. Iris Mittenaere says: "He wrote down their whole love story and had my grandmother fill in what she remembered and felt on every page of the notebook. He has been reading their love story to her every day since." An anecdote reminiscent of the film Never forget, with Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling, where a notebook telling the couple's great love story becomes a link against oblivion.
My grandfather decided to do this to my grandmother so that she would never forget their story.
For Iris Mittenaere's grandfather, it is essential that his wife remember what they went through. This is how he supports him in his fight against the disease: "My grandfather decided to do this to my grandmother so that she never forgets their story. Well, we don't always have the same time when we have a loved one who has the disease. Alzheimer's. It's a struggle that a lot of people have. "
With this testimony, Iris Mittenaere therefore reveals the difficulties encountered on a daily basis when one is close to a patient. She also recalled that Matt Pokora's grandfather was suffering from this disease, before dying. Since then, the singer evokes his experience regularly and supports the Foundation for Medical Research. Iris Mittenaere, in turn, spoke of the importance of supporting research in the fight against the disease, noting: "Alzheimer's disease affects more than 900,000 people in France today and unfortunately there is currently no cure."