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<br>Kate Garraway has revealed that she still gets up in the the night panicking that she hasn't offered her late spouse Derek Draper his medicine.<br>
<br>The TV presenter and broadcaster, 58, reviewed his end of life care in an honest new interview on Wednesday.<br>[landmarkbranding.com](https://landmarkbranding.com/tag/townhouses/)
<br>Derek died at the age of 56 in January 2024 following a four-year fight with long Covid.<br>
<br>[Speaking](https://trinidadrealestate.co.tt) in The Sun, she told of how those hard years remain in her ideas.<br>
<br>She discussed: 'I still get up in the middle of the night worrying that I have not given him his medicine, or that I have actually forgotten to move him every hour to prevent the painful contractions in his limbs.<br>
<br>Kate Garraway has exposed that she still gets up in the the night stressing that she hasn't given her late partner Derek Draper his medicine<br>
<br>The TV presenter and broadcaster, 58, reflected on his end of life care in an honest new [interview](https://www.jukiwa.co.ke) on Wednesday<br>
<br>'The next second I understand he no longer requires that care. There is a minute of relief - that I did not let him down - before a tsunami of unhappiness hits.<br>
<br>['Caring](https://topdom.rs) takes control of your whole life. You don't begrudge it, however you suffer because of it.'<br>
<br>In 2023, Kate was hospitalised with 'excruciating' chest pains after [suffering extreme](https://primeestatemm.com) stress while spouse Derek remained in healing.<br>
<br>She needed [medical support](https://sigmarover.com) of her own after being woken by the 2am alarm she sets each night for Good Morning Britain - and discovering she couldn't move to turn it off.<br>
<br>In her book, The Strength Of Love, the speaker explained how she then felt a 'searing [discomfort'](https://www.eastpointeny.com) in her chest and was right away required to the nearest A&E for tests.<br>
<br>Kate has been busy juggling a chaotic work schedule, as the real level of her financial obligations are exposed.<br>
<br>She has actually freely gone over how she has been entrusted to debts between ₤ 500,000 and ₤ 800,000 after taking care of her [late hubby](https://ezestate.net) Derek.<br>
<br>In addition to taking on debts related to the ₤ 16,000 a month costs for his care, a new liquidator's report has actually revealed the big tax costs that are yet to be paid by Derek's now-defunct psychotherapeutic company Astra Aspera.<br>
<br>Derek died at the age of 56 in January 2024 following a four-year fight with long Covid (seen in 2007)<br>
<br>She described: 'I still get up in the middle of the night worrying that I haven't provided him his medication'<br>
<br>The company, which was jointly managed by Kate, went bust owing hundreds of countless pounds to financial institutions, including a large costs to HMRC.<br>
<br>Kate has been hectic promoting her various work tasks as her financial obligations loom over her but it's not the very first time the broadcaster has actually needed to handle monetary woes.<br>
<br>In 2012, two other firms jointly controlled by Derek and Kate folded.<br>
<br>Fulfill Media Ltd had financial obligations totalling ₤ 922,807, that ₤ 88,486 owed to HMRC, ₤ 90,882 to trade lenders, and ₤ 462,808 in '3rd party loans'.<br>
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<br>In January 2024, it was reported that Kate may have to offer the home to repay her current financial obligations with one source stating: 'It has cost hundreds of thousands of pounds to take care of Derek and do everything she might to get him much better but it's left her having a hard time.'<br>
<br>But hard-working Kate has been on a self-promotion blitz amid her newest monetary concerns.<br>
<br>Alongside her regular GMB work, the star plugged her Smooth Radio reveal this week, exposing she was 'chuffed' that the lunch break program now reached 2.8 million listeners.<br>
<br>She has actually likewise been teasing her signing in possibly one of the most anticipated TV programs of year - Celebrity Traitors.<br>
<br>Along with the similarity Stephen Fry, Alan Carr and Jonathan Ross Kate headed to Scotland a few weeks ago to film the spin off of the smash struck BBC series.<br>
<br>Meanwhile, in February she was announced as the host of a new Dubai-set podcast and YouTube series - DXB Unheard.<br>
<br>Each of the eight episodes, which are launched weekly, function interviews with Emiratis and Dubai residents 'who have actually left an enduring mark on the city.'<br>
<br>She filmed the series in 2015 and has actually admitted that she discovered it 'fascinating' to learn more about how individuals lived their lives at a time when she was considering her future plans.<br>
<br>Kate formerly exposed that Derek's ₤ 16,000-a-month care expenses eclipsed her GMB income, confessing in a 2023 interview that she could not even afford to have the heating on in October.<br>
<br>Kate Garraway was hospitalised with 'agonizing' chest pains due to [stress amidst](https://zawayasyria.com) spouse Derek Draper's COVID-19 fight: 'I thought I was having a heart attack'<br>
<br>Speaking before her partner's death, Kate said: ['Derek's care](https://woynirealtor.com) costs more than my salary from ITV and that is before you spend for a mortgage, before you pay any home bills, before you pay for anything for the kids, so we are at a crunch point.<br>
<br>'I am in financial obligation. I can't make adequate money to cover my debt due to the fact that I am handling Derek's care and I can't even use the cash I do need to support Derek's recovery, due to the fact that it's going on the essentials all the time.'<br>
<br>In May in 2015, Kate openly revealed she's turned to withdrawing cash from her pension pot to pay the big expenses during a discussion about the NHS and personal care on GMB.<br>
<br>Sharing the outcomes of a study that revealed one in 5 Brits are getting themselves into financial obligation while moneying personal healthcare, she confessed: 'I am doing something comparable myself.<br>
<br>'I have actually needed to withdraw the bit you can tax free from my pension to spend for belated expenses for my spouse, who has actually now passed away.<br>
<br>'People are needing to do things - it wasn't a huge pension in the very first location - which aren't what they conserved for.'<br>
<br>Addressing the current HMRC filing, Kate's representative told MailOnline on Wednesday that the 'shocked' TV star 'does not identify these figures' and touches with HMRC to ensure she 'honours what is needed'.<br>
<br>In 2023 Kate was even hospitalised with 'agonizing' chest discomforts after suffering severe tension while spouse Derek remained in healing<br>
<br>Their statement checked out: 'Kate has actually fulfilled all that the liquidators of Derek's company have actually requested and more over the previous four years.<br>
<br>'She does not acknowledge these figures and is stunned that it's being presented in this way by them.<br>
<br>'Taking care of Derek and supporting her household when Derek might no longer run his own companies has taken a big financial toll on her however she's identified to put things right.<br>
<br>'She remains in continuous contact with HMRC to make sure she honours what's needed from Derek's now defunct business.'<br>
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