Michael J. Fox Opens Up About His Journey with Parkinson’s and His Hopes for the Years to Come

Michael J. Fox was only 29 years old when he received a diagnosis that would quietly reshape every aspect of his life. In 1991, at the height of a rapidly ascending career.

He learned he had Parkinson’s disease, a progressive neurological disorder that affects movement and coordination.

At the time, Parkinson’s was a medical condition that Fox knew little about. While he had witnessed the occasional portrayal of illness on screen or in media, he had never imagined it would become a personal reality.

For a young man whose life revolved around performing, improvisation, and physical expression, the news was shocking. In later reflections, Fox described his first reaction as one of fear and uncertainty.

He worried that the disease might steal away the very qualities that had defined him: his energy, his ability to work, his creativity, and the joy he drew from connecting with audiences.

Continue READING