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"Will I ever get back precious memories?"
Ex-rugby player Steve Thompson's life was turned upside down by a diagnosis of early onset dementia, most likely caused by a brain condition called Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE). He wants to understand the condition, and what it's doing inside his head.