Thirty-four years after being diagnosed with early on-set Parkinson’s at the age of 29, Michael J. Fox is reflecting on his journey and future battle with the disease. “There’s no timeline, there’s no series of stages that you go through — not in the same way that you would, say, with prostate cancer,” Fox, 64, told The Sunday Times. “It’s much more mysterious and enigmatic.” Parkinson’s disease happens “when brain cells that make dopamine, a chemical that coordinates movement, stop working or die,” according to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research. Fox reflected that “not many people” have lived with Parkinson’s as long as he. “I’d like to just not wake up one day,” the Back to the Future actor said. “That’d be really cool. I don’t want to be dramatic. I don’t want to tr
Michael J. Fox Hopes to ‘Just Not Wake Up One Day’ Amid Parkinson’s Battle

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