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Lucy Alexander in emotional reaction to Kate Garraway doc after 'trauma in my own family'

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Homes Under The Hammer star Lucy Alexander took to Twitter last night to discuss the emotional impact Kate Garraway's documentary Caring For Derek has had on her.

After the programme aired on ITV last night, she shared her own feelings with her almost 39,000 followers."So much of this moved me having dealt with trauma in my own family," she wrote."Counting on mates like @benshephard popping in for a cuppa are invaluable."@kategarraway you got this.

Love to you all.Thank you for sharing. #CaringForDerek."The hard-hitting documentary on Kate nursing her husband back to health has been described as "gut-wrenching" and reportedly left many fans in floods of tears within minutes of the opening credits.Yet Lucy has had to deal with her own trauma after her daughter Kitty was diagnosed with the spinal condition transverse myelitis, when a virus left her paralysed and wheelchair-bound over a decade ago.Besides that, the 51-year-old has lost her confidence in her own body too, having questioned: "Am I old and falling apart?" after a recent injury.The emotionally fraught TV star confessed to having burst into tears during charity events she had attended with Kitty.Yesterday, she felt she could relate to the struggles faced by Kate as the pair have now both been carers for someone they love, who has been left physically disabled.Derek had suffered brain inflammation as a result of contracting Covid, which left him almost paralysed.His condition has been so debilitating and his recovery so slow that there was even a struggle last year over where Kate, whose oven had broken down over the festive period, could take Derek for Christmas Day.Derek, who now sleeps for long periods of time each day, had been left too exhausted to manage.

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