Michael J. Fox almost lost his “fingers” due to Parkinson’s disease!

Last Updated on 05/16/2023 by てんしょく飯

‘I’ve broken bones in my face, I’ve broken my humerus,’ he confesses his battle with the progressive disease.

Michael J. Fox once almost lost a finger due to his illness.

Actor Michael J. Fox recently appeared in an interview with Variety magazine. In the interview, the actor, who is open about having ‘Parkinson’s disease’, spoke about the damage the condition has caused.

‘I’ve broken my shoulder, I’ve had it treated. So has my elbow. I’ve had an infection and almost lost a finger. I’ve broken bones in my face and even my humerus (arm bone from shoulder to elbow),’ revealed Michael, adding: ‘Yes, it was bad.

Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative disorder* that causes tremors and stiffness in the body and loss of control over limb movements. Symptoms escalate gradually and eventually lead to problems with walking and talking.

(*) A disease in which the gradual loss of nerves in the brain and spinal cord leads to increased forgetfulness and loss of the ability to move limbs properly.

Michael has said that the disease causes more physical accidents and that he “often has assistants around me in case I fall”, but he also confides that “it’s hard to have no privacy”.

Michael, who was a star of the 1980s and 1990s, appearing in popular films such as the drama Family Ties and the movie Back to the Future, was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 1991, aged 29. publicly.

Michael continued to act and won many awards, but in 2020 he announced his retirement from acting, saying he could no longer ‘remember his lines’ due to memory loss.