Michael J. Fox opened up about his Parkinson’s disease and how he ‘almost lost’ his hand due to an infection
Michael J. Fox opened up about serious health issues that he has suffered due to his Parkinson’s disease diagnosis — including nearly losing his hand.
“I said, ‘F–k lemonade. I’m out of the lemonade business.’ That was nothing,” he shared with the outlet, adding that since that incident he has broken his other arm and shoulder, smashed his orbital bone and cheek and broken his hand. “My hand got infected and then I almost lost it. It was a tsunami of misfortune.”
“One day I’ll run out of gas,” Fox explained. “One day I’ll just say, ‘It’s not going to happen. I’m not going out today.’ If that comes, I’ll allow myself that. I’m 62 years old. Certainly, if I were to pass away tomorrow, it would be premature, but it wouldn’t be unheard of.” “My life is set up so I can pack Parkinson’s along with me if I have to,” he told CBS Sunday Mornings in an April interview. “Yeah, it’s banging on the door. Yeah, I mean, I’m not gonna lie. It’s gettin’ hard, it’s gettin’ harder. It’s gettin’ tougher. Every day it’s tougher. But that’s the way it is.”“You don’t die from Parkinson’s. You die with Parkinson’s,” the Back to the Future star said at the time. “So, I’ve been thinking about the mortality of it. … I’m not gonna be 80.
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