2023-05-02 20:15:00
Diagnosed at 29, Michael J. Fox has been battling Parkinson’s for more than 30 years. On May 12, he released a documentary about a fight he couldn’t win.
By Nathan Joubioux for Le Point
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« JI’m not going to lie, it’s getting harder and harder. Every day it is more difficult. This is how “. Michael J. Fox returned, during an interview for CBS, on Parkinson’s disease, which has been following him for more than 30 years now. If he hid his disease from the general public for a long time, before officially revealing it in 1998, he wants to shed light on this incurable disease. To do so, the actor, who retired in 2020, comes out on Friday, May 12. Still: a film by Michael J. Foxa documentary about his fight, which will be visible on Apple +.
He was only 29 years old when doctors diagnosed him with this disease, which he perceived as a “gift” that he “continues to take”. He knows it and he says it. “I will never be 80 years old”. “Falling, sucking up food and catching pneumonia are among the ways [dont Parkinson peut vous tuer]. You will not die of Parkinson’s, you will die with Parkinson’s, ”said the man who will celebrate his 62nd birthday in a month.
“I broke that arm. And that arm. And that elbow…”
The one who made himself known in Sacred Family and who exploded as Marty McFly in the trilogy Back to the future appeared even more weakened. During the interview of more than eight minutes, Michael J. Fox appears resigned. His daily life is now jerky with the involuntary tremors of his body limbs, caused by progressive damage to certain parts of the brain.
READ ALSOEnd of his career, Parkinson’s disease… The confessions of Michael J. FoxHe admitted to having scratched his face and many parts of his body several times, after violent falls. “I started breaking stuff. I broke this arm, and I broke this arm, I broke this elbow. I broke my face. I broke my hand. He also underwent spinal surgery for a tumor. “It was benign, but it ruined my walk”.
Committed, Michael J. Fox has already raised, via his foundation, more than 1.75 billion dollars for research against Parkinson’s. He had also received, last November, an Oscar of honor for his commitment.
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