Becky Field,  —

lives in Dunsford, England, in the United Kingdom. She runs her own Housekeeping Business. Becky lives with her partner Andy, her son's Jack and Tom, and her two cats, Inky and Rosy. Becky has two daughters, Hannah and Andie and a step son, Harry, who have all flown the nest. She helps care for her brother, Gavin, who suffers from Huntington's Disease. Gavin was diagnosed in January 2022, aged 42. Her weaknesses include buying clothes and eating far too much chocolate! Becky is passionate about raising awareness of HD and supporting others affected by it. She is hopeful a treatment and a cure can be found soon.

Articles by Becky Field

Moving from an inability to swallow to end-of-life decisions

Note: This column describes the experiences of the author’s father with tetrabenazine (often known by its brand name, Xenazine). Not everyone will have the same response to treatment. Consult your doctor before starting or stopping a therapy. My dad, who had Huntington’s disease, was moved…

How Huntington’s disease progression affected my dad

My late father, David, never wanted to take the genetic test for Huntington’s disease, an illness that had already taken the life of his own father and his grandmother. He knew there was neither a cure nor a treatment to slow the disease’s progression. For many years, he…

Huntington’s disease has caused my brother harsh sensory impairment

My brother, Gavin, was recently diagnosed with Huntington’s disease. It has affected his sensory processing of vision, hearing, taste, smell, touch, and the proprioceptive, vestibular, and interoceptive systems. With Huntington’s disease, this sensory information becomes muddled, leading to many impairments and frustrations. Gavin has…

How changes in the brain due to Huntington’s affect my brother

Five years ago, I grew increasingly concerned about my brother, Gavin. He was aggressive, angry, anxious, self-neglecting, and unemployed, and he appeared to be coping poorly with his Huntington’s disease. I reached out to our local Huntington’s care adviser, who explained that most of my brother’s emotional and behavioral…