'I can't see, it's bad': Dame Judi Dench refuses to retire despite serious condition

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“I have a photographic memory so a person saying to me, 'This is your line...' I can do that,” she said. Judi revealed that while out for dinner recently with her partner David Mills, he had to cut up her food for her as she couldn't see it on her plate.“He cut it up and handed something to me on a fork and that's the way I ate it,” she explained.

According to the NHS, age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a common condition that affects the middle part of your vision.

It usually first affects people in their 50s and 60s.It comes not long after Judi revealed in January she suffered a “frightful” fall at her Surrey home and was forced to lay on the floor for 30 minutes.

The British acting veteran said she tripped on her carpet and was unable to get up. Detailing the incident to Saga Magazine, Judi admitted that maintaining her independence as she gets older has become “very difficult.”Recalling what happened, she explained: “I had a frightful fall not long ago. “I tripped over the carpet, and there was nobody in the house and I was lying on the ground unable to get up for half an hour.She added: “I have a wonderful parrot who kept saying, ‘What are you doing?