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Any major construction project is a herding expedition in a blinding fog, and it can be a test of patience and sanity.

Photos on social media showed them slouched on plastic chairs, swathed in plastic bags fogged up by their breath.

"I didn't know who I was anymore. I was just walking around in a fog; I didn't know how to make a decision anymore," she says.

At the time of her diagnosis, Phillips said she had suffered months of brain fog and anxiety - and initially had attributed the symptoms to the menopause.

The evidence includes heightened risk for stroke, breaching of the blood-brain barrier and “brain fog,” which can linger for months.