A WOMAN worried that her husband's laziness and refusal to shower were signs that he wasn't happy in their marriage. But his strange symptoms lead to a devastating diagnosis that meant he had to move into a home in his 40s. 3 Kristin Holloway was worried Lee wasn't happy in their marriage when he became apathetic and refused to shower Credit: Kristin Holloway 3 Lee began exhibiting strange symptoms less than a year after he and Kristin got married in June 2015 Credit: Kristin Holloway 3 He was diagnosed with behavioural-variant frontotemporal degeneration at the mere age of 36 Credit: Kristin Holloway In May 2016, Kristin Holloway had barely been married to her husband Lee for a year when she noticed him acting strangely.
Normally driven and passionate about his job at a tech company he'd helped found, Lee started missing work or going in very late. He stopped showering and would frequently throw on the previous day's dirty clothes - Lee had always taken pride in his appearance, so this was odd. At this point Kristin was six months pregnant with their child.
She thought Lee might still be recovering from an operation he'd had in February 2015, to correct a heart murmur . Kristin also worried that he wasn't happy being married to her. She was "shocked and devastated" when Lee stepped down from his company in July 2016 - but her shock grew to concern as his behaviour "sharply declined".
"He didn’t change out of his pyjamas and spent a lot of time on the couch. He watched the .