Michael J. Fox has always been honest about his struggles with young-onset Parkinson’s disease.In an interview with CBS Sunday Morning — teasing the upcoming documentary about his life, Still — Fox said the degenerative condition has made aging a challenge.
He described Parkinson’s as a “gift that keeps on taking.”“It sucks, having Parkinson’s,” Fox, 61, told interviewer Jane Pauley. “It’s getting tougher, it’s getting harder, every day you suffer but that’s the way it is.”Fox was diagnosed with Parkinson’s in 1990, the year following the release of Back to the Future Part III.
He was 29.Parkinson’s is a disorder of the central nervous system that mainly affects one’s motor functions. The condition causes gradual damage to parts of a person’s brain, resulting in a number of symptoms including tremors, slow movement and stiff and inflexible muscles.
There is no cure for the condition.In "Still,” the new documentary about his life, Michael J. Fox reflects on superstardom, Parkinson's research that just announced a breakthrough, and his very public battle against the disease.