Many of us look back with our memories to some of the movies and shows where we first were introduced to Michael J Fox and we smile. He has been keeping us entertained for many decades, even though he has been living with Parkinson\u2019s disease for many years.\n\n\n\n

After being diagnosed with Parkinson\u2019s disease in the early 90s, he began to advocate for those who have the condition. Unfortunately, it has really taken a toll in recent years and he feels that he won\u2019t live to see 80 years old.\n\n\n\n

For most people with a Parkinson\u2019s diagnosis, living past the age of 61 is really going to be the higher end. For a long time, we thought that he would do better, but now he says that it\u2019s getting more difficult.\n\n\n\n

He said: \u201cI\u2019m not gonna lie. It\u2019s gettin\u2019 hard, it\u2019s gettin\u2019 harder. It\u2019s gettin\u2019 tougher.\n\n\n\n

\u201cEvery day it\u2019s tougher. But, but, that\u2019s, that\u2019s the way it is. I mean, you know, who do I see about that?\u201d\n\n\n\n

He also spoke about a recent spinal surgery he had because of a spine tumor. The tumor was benign but it has caused him to fall more frequently. As a result, he has broken his arms, elbow, face, and hand.\n\n\n\n

He went on to say that you don\u2019t die from Parkinson\u2019s, you die WITH Parkinson\u2019s. He then went on to say: \u201cI\u2019ve been thinking about the mortality of it. \u2026 I\u2019m not gonna be 80. I\u2019m not gonna be 80.\u201d\n\n\n\n

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Fox has recently spoken about the intense pain he is experiencing, describing each tremor as being like a seismic jolt.\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not so much pain from the movement, but from the not moving. It\u2019s when you freeze, and in that freezing that not-movement becomes infused with all this energy and it becomes this burning, impending thing that never happens.\n\n\n\n

\u201cI don\u2019t want to get the violins out. I\u2019ve broken my hand, my elbow, my humerus, my other humerus, my shoulder, my face\u00a0and\u00a0some\u00a0other s\u2014 too. And all that stuff is amplified by the electricity of the tremors. So, yes, it hurts a lot. But what you learn is that nobody gives a s\u2014. It\u2019s just life. It doesn\u2019t matter. You suck it up and you move on. And there might be a story to tell in it. But only that. There\u2019s no chit that you can present to a window for a refund.\n\n\n\n

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