The Accidental Artist, which includes drawings that he has created over the past few years.“I got diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease and prostate cancer the same week,” he writes (via Metro). “I got treated for the cancer, and now I seem to be ok.“The Parkinson’s just rumbles along, doing its thing.
It bothered me for a while, but when I think about it, I suppose I’m lucky I didn’t get something worse because I was a welder.”He adds: “The diseases they talk about now due to welding weren’t known about when I was in the shipyards.
They didn’t know about the hazards of asbestos. And men were always dying in accidents too.“I was in an accident myself. I fell off the ship into the Clyde, dropped 40 feet into three feet of water and broke my ankle.”Connolly further reflects: “I’m a lucky bugger.
I survived a lot of shit – much of it brought on by myself. I probably shouldn’t have escaped, but I did. Maybe what doesn’t kill you fucks you up for life but at least I’m still here.
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