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Michael J. Fox says living with Parkinson’s is becoming “harder”

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Michael J. Fox has opened up about living with Parkinson’s disease, saying in a new interview that it’s becoming “harder” to live with the condition.Fox was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 1991 when he was 29 years old.

He went on to found the Michael J. Fox Foundation in 2000 to help fund research into finding a cure and continued to act until 2021 when he retired due to his declining health.In a new interview with CBS Sunday Morning, Fox told anchor Jane Pauley that Parkinson’s was “banging on the door”.“I’m not gonna lie.

It’s getting harder. Every day, it’s tougher but that’s the way it is,” he said.“I’ve had spinal surgery. I’ve had a tumour on my spine, it was benign, but it messed up my walking and then I started to break stuff.

I broke this arm, and I broke this arm. I broke this elbow. I broke my face. I broke my hand.”“Falling is a big killer with Parkinson’s, [so is] aspirating food and getting pneumonia,” he continued before saying it was “all these subtle ways it gets you”.“You don’t die from Parkinson’s.

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