Kate Garraway Reflects on Taking Care Of Husband Derek Draper
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Kate Garraway has actually revealed that she still wakes up in the the night stressing that she hasn't given her late spouse Derek Draper his medicine.

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

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

Speaking in The Sun, she informed of how those difficult years remain in her thoughts.

She discussed: 'I still wake up in the middle of the night panicking that I have not given him his medicine, or that I have forgotten to move him every hour to avoid the unpleasant contractions in his limbs.

Kate Garraway has actually exposed that she still gets up in the the night panicking that she hasn't given her late other half Derek Draper his medicine

The TV presenter and broadcaster, 58, reviewed his end of life care in an honest new interview on Wednesday

'The next second I 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 over your entire life. You do not begrudge it, but you suffer since of it.'

In 2023, Kate was hospitalised with 'agonizing' chest discomforts after suffering extreme stress while other half Derek was in recovery.

She required medical assistance of her own after being woken by the 2am alarm she sets each night for Good Morning Britain - and discovering she couldn't transfer to turn it off.

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

Kate has been busy juggling a busy work schedule, as the true degree of her debts are revealed.

She has actually openly gone over how she has been entrusted to debts between ₤ 500,000 and ₤ 800,000 after taking care of her late partner Derek.

In addition to dealing with financial obligations associated with the ₤ 16,000 a month costs for his care, a brand-new liquidator's report has actually exposed the big tax costs 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 fight with long Covid (seen in 2007)

She described: 'I still awaken in the middle of the night stressing that I have not offered him his medicine'

The company, which was collectively controlled by Kate, went bust owing hundreds of countless pounds to lenders, including a large costs to HMRC.

Kate has actually been hectic promoting her different work jobs as her financial obligations loom over her however it's not the first time the broadcaster has had to handle monetary problems.

In 2012, 2 other firms jointly controlled by Derek and Kate folded.

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

At the very same time, Countrymouse Media Ltd, was liquidated owing ₤ 189,121, which consisted of ₤ 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 organization.

In January 2024, it was reported that Kate may have to offer the home to repay her present debts with one source stating: 'It has cost hundreds of countless pounds to care for Derek and do everything she might to get him better however it's left her having a hard time.'

But hard-working Kate has been on a self-promotion blitz in the middle of her latest monetary issues.

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

She has actually also been teasing her signing in perhaps one of the most anticipated 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 movie the spin off of the smash hit BBC series.

Meanwhile, in February she was announced as the host of a 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 left an indelible mark on the city.'

She shot the series last year and has admitted that she found it 'fascinating' to discover how individuals 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 salary, confessing in a 2023 interview that she could not even pay for to have the heating on in October.

Kate Garraway was hospitalised with 'excruciating' chest discomforts due to tension in the middle of other half Derek Draper's COVID-19 battle: 'I thought I was having a heart attack'

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

'I owe money. I can't earn adequate cash to cover my financial obligation since I am handling Derek's care and I can't even use the money I do have to support Derek's healing, because it's going on the fundamentals all the time.'

In May last year, Kate candidly exposed she's resorted to withdrawing money from her pension pot to pay the big expenses during a conversation about the NHS and personal care on GMB.

Sharing the results of a study that exposed one in 5 Brits are getting themselves into financial obligation while funding personal medical care, she admitted: 'I am doing something comparable myself.

'I have had to withdraw the bit you can tax totally free from my pension to spend for belated costs for my partner, who has actually now passed away.

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

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

In 2023 Kate was even hospitalised with 'agonizing' chest pains after suffering extreme tension while other half Derek was in healing

Their statement checked out: 'Kate has actually satisfied all that the liquidators of Derek's business have requested for and more over the previous 4 years.

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

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

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

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