2023-05-01 20:31:00
“I have suffered from it for more than thirty years,” he says, facing the camera. In an interview with the American channel CBS this Sunday, actor Michael J. Fox spoke about his difficulties with Parkinson’s disease which has been eating away at him for decades now, while a documentary retracing his journey, entitled “Still”, will soon be broadcast.
The Canadian and American actor, known for his iconic role as Marty McFly in the “Back to the Future” saga, revealed in 1998 that he suffered from Parkinson’s disease, a chronic and neurodegenerative disease that causes motor, cognitive and behavioral disorders. . Since then, he has turned his fight against the disease into a cause to raise millions of dollars in research funds.
In particular, he dares to be transparent about the difficulty of living with Parkinson’s on a daily basis, for him and his loved ones. “For some families, for some people, it’s a nightmare, it’s hell, we are faced with realities that are beyond comprehension for most,” he told journalist Jane Pauley, between some strong tremors .
“Every day we suffer”
“It gets harder, every day, we suffer,” he says, describing the multiple fractures he suffered on several parts of the body, due to his uncontrolled movements. “I broke both arms, I broke my face, my hand, falling,” he describes. Everything is difficult, including “sucking up food”, “pneumonia”, it “gets you in a lot of subtle ways”.
What to think, for Michael J. Fox, “that we do not die of Parkinson’s, we die with Parkinson’s”. “I will not be 80 years old,” he thunders, now 61 years old.
Since 2000, a foundation in the actor’s name has been funding research into Parkinson’s disease to the tune of several million dollars. A commitment that would have led to the discovery of a biomarker corresponding to the disease, which would make it possible to diagnose the disease more quickly – and to better treat it, according to him.
To honor his career marked by the successes of “Back to the Future” and the film “Teen Wolf”, and his fight against illness, Michael J. Fox received an honorary Oscar in 2022. His career as a leading actor of the 1980s and a figure of Parkinson’s disease, will be the subject of a documentary, entitled “Still”, which will be broadcast on May 12 on Apple TV +.
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