Wendy Mitchell dead: Author who shared the battle against dementia on her blog leaves a final message announcing her own death

WENDY Mitchell has died after bravely battling dementia for years and left a final message announcing her own death.

Wendy, 68, became a best-selling author but was diagnosed early Dementia in July 2014, at just 58 years old.

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In a posthumous post shared online, the author revealed how she made the decision to stop eating or drinking.

She wrote: “If you are reading this it means this was probably posted by my daughters as I have sadly passed away.

“Sorry to break up news to you this way, but if I hadn't done that, my inbox would have ended up being full of emails asking if I was okay, which would have been difficult for my daughters to answer…

'In the end I died simply by deciding not to eat or drink anymore.

“The last cup of tea…my last hug in a mug, the hardest thing to let go, much harder than the food I never craved… This was not decided in a fit of self-pity, as you will discover when you read further.

“Dementia is a cruel disease that confuses your existence. I have always been a glass-half-full person, trying to turn the negative sides of life around and create positive sides, because that's how I deal with it.

“Well, I suppose dementia was the ultimate challenge. Yes, dementia is a bummer, but oh what a life I've had playing games with this opponent of mine trying to stay one step ahead.

“I have been resilient all my life, even from a young child, so resilience is built into me to cope with whatever life throws my way.

“Who would have thought, when I was diagnosed all those years ago, that my life would turn out exactly like this? I've always liked to have a plan, something that makes me feel like I'm in control of dementia.”

Wendy was a volunteer for Alzheimer's Britain.

She was diagnosed with the disease in 2014 and became an ambassador for the disease charity.

At the time, she worked full-time for the NHS as a non-clinical team leader.

She shared her philosophical views on adversity with others and wrote the 2018 critically acclaimed memoir Somebody I Used To Know and 2022's What I Wish I Knew About Dementia.

Her third book, Living With The End In Mind, will be published soon next one week.