Kate Garraway has revealed that she still wakes up in the the night panicking that she hasn't offered her late other half Derek Draper his medicine.
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The TV speaker and broadcaster, 58, assessed his end of life care in an honest new interview on Wednesday.

Derek died at the age of 56 in January 2024 following a four-year fight with long Covid.

Speaking in The Sun, she told of how those difficult years remain in her ideas.

She explained: 'I still wake up in the middle of the night worrying that I haven't given him his medication, or that I have forgotten to move him every hour to prevent the uncomfortable contractions in his limbs.

Kate Garraway has exposed that she still wakes up in the the night stressing that she hasn't given her late spouse Derek Draper his medication

The TV speaker and broadcaster, 58, reflected on his end of life care in an honest brand-new interview on Wednesday

'The next second I understand he no longer requires that care. There is a moment of relief - that I did not let him down - before a tsunami of sadness hits.

'Caring takes control of your whole life. You don't begrudge it, but you suffer due to the fact that of it.'

In 2023, Kate was hospitalised with 'distressing' chest pains after suffering severe stress while spouse Derek remained in recovery.
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She required medical support of her own after being woken by the 2am alarm she sets each night for Good Morning Britain - and finding she couldn't relocate to turn it off.

In her book, The Strength Of Love, the presenter described how she then felt a 'searing discomfort' in her chest and was immediately taken to the nearby A&E for tests.

Kate has been busy managing a chaotic work schedule, as the true degree of her debts are exposed.

She has actually honestly discussed how she has been entrusted to financial obligations in between ₤ 500,000 and ₤ 800,000 after caring for her late spouse Derek.

As well as taking on debts connected to the ₤ 16,000 a month costs for his care, a brand-new liquidator's report has actually revealed the big tax expenses that are yet to be paid by Derek's now-defunct psychotherapeutic business Astra Aspera.

Derek died at the age of 56 in January 2024 following a four-year battle with long Covid (seen in 2007)

She explained: 'I still awaken in the middle of the night panicking that I haven't offered him his medicine'

The business, which was collectively managed by Kate, failed owing hundreds of countless pounds to financial institutions, including a large costs to HMRC.

Kate has actually been hectic promoting her numerous work tasks as her debts tower above her however it's not the very first time the broadcaster has actually needed to deal with monetary concerns.

In 2012, two other companies collectively managed by Derek and Kate failed.

Fulfill Media Ltd had financial obligations totalling ₤ 922,807, which ₤ 88,486 owed to HMRC, ₤ 90,882 to trade creditors, and ₤ 462,808 in '3rd party loans'.

At the same time, Countrymouse Media Ltd, was liquidated owing ₤ 189,121, which included ₤ 98,944 to the taxman and ₤ 48,000 on an overdrawn directors loan account. Derek and Kate were both personally owed ₤ 24,000 each by the service.

In January 2024, it was reported that Kate might need to offer the home to repay her existing financial obligations with one source stating: 'It has cost numerous countless pounds to take care of Derek and do everything she might to get him much better but it's left her struggling.'

But hard-working Kate has been on a self-promotion blitz amidst her newest monetary woes.

Alongside her regular GMB work, the star plugged her Smooth Radio reveal today, exposing she was 'chuffed' that the lunchtime program now reached 2.8 million listeners.

She has likewise been teasing her finalizing in maybe one of the most expected TV programs of year - Celebrity Traitors.

Together with the similarity Stephen Fry, Alan Carr and Jonathan Ross Kate headed to Scotland a couple of weeks ago to film the spin off of the blockbuster BBC series.

Meanwhile, in February she was announced as the host of a brand-new Dubai-set podcast and YouTube series - DXB Unheard.

Each of the eight episodes, which are launched weekly, feature interviews with Emiratis and Dubai homeowners 'who have actually left an enduring mark on the city.'

She recorded the series in 2015 and has admitted that she found it 'intriguing' to find out about how people lived their lives at a time when she was considering her future strategies.

Kate formerly revealed that Derek's ₤ 16,000-a-month care costs eclipsed her GMB income, admitting in a 2023 interview that she couldn't even manage to have the heating on in October.

Kate Garraway was hospitalised with 'excruciating' chest pains due to stress amid partner Derek Draper's COVID-19 fight: 'I thought I was having a heart attack'

Speaking before her spouse's death, Kate stated: 'Derek's care costs more than my salary from ITV which is before you pay for a mortgage, before you pay any family bills, before you pay for anything for the kids, so we are at a crunch point.

'I am in financial obligation. I can't make sufficient cash to cover my debt due to the fact that I am handling Derek's care and I can't even utilize the cash I do have to support Derek's recovery, due to the fact that it's going on the fundamentals all the time.'

In May last year, Kate candidly exposed she's turned to withdrawing money from her pension pot to pay the huge costs throughout a discussion about the NHS and private care on GMB.

Sharing the results of a survey that exposed one in five Brits are getting themselves into financial obligation while funding personal treatment, she confessed: 'I am doing something similar myself.

'I have needed to withdraw the bit you can tax free from my pension to pay for belated costs for my spouse, who has actually now died.

'People are having to do things - it wasn't a substantial pension in the very first place - which aren't what they conserved for.'

Addressing the current HMRC filing, Kate's spokesperson informed MailOnline on Wednesday that the 'shocked' TV star 'does not acknowledge these figures' and is in contact with HMRC to ensure she 'honours what is needed'.

In 2023 Kate was even hospitalised with 'excruciating' chest discomforts after suffering severe stress while partner Derek remained in recovery

Their statement checked out: 'Kate has actually fulfilled all that the liquidators of Derek's business have actually requested and more over the previous four years.

'She does not recognise these figures and is stunned that it's existing in this way by them.

'Caring for Derek and supporting her family when Derek could no longer run his own services has actually taken a huge financial toll on her however she's identified to put things right.

'She is in continuous contact with HMRC to make certain she honours what's required from Derek's now defunct company.'

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