Neil Diamond Only Recently Accepted His Parkinson’s Diagnosis After Five Years
etcanada.comIt’s been five years since Neil Diamond was first diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, and only now is he coming to terms with it.
Parkinson’s is a “progressive disorder that affects the nervous system and the parts of the body controlled by the nerves,” according to the Mayo Clinic, and the 82-year-old singer admits he was in denial for several years about having the disease. “I’m still doing it.
And I don’t like it,” Diamond tells Anthony Mason on “CBS Sunday Morning”. “But … this is me; this is what I have to accept.
And I’m willing to do it. And, OK, so this is the hand that God’s given me, and I have to make the best of it, and so I am. I am.” The musician — who has stepped away from touring and is now promoting the Broadway show, A Beautiful Noise, about his life — says he’s only truly accepted his health setback “in the last few weeks.” READ MORE: Neil Diamond Announces Retirement From Touring Following Reveal of Parkinson’s Diagnosis That being said, Diamond does shares that “somehow, a calm has moved [into] the hurricane of my life.” “Things have gotten very quiet, as quiet as this recording studio,” he says. “And I like it.
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