Michael J. Fox worries about Parkinson's research

Michael J. Fox is under no illusions that there is little chance that a cure for Parkinson's disease will be discovered during his lifetime.

However, the actor continues to show an unfailing optimism and shows relativism even in the most difficult days.

“I am direct with people regarding the remedies.

When they ask me if I will be relieved of Parkinson's in my lifetime, I tell them, "I'm 60 years old, and science is struggling. So no".

Some days are a struggle.

Some are more difficult than others.

But the disease is something attached to my life - it is not her who controls it, ”he told AARP.

Especially since the star of

 never forgets that he is very privileged compared to others.

Fortunate

“I have property and I have access to things that others do not have.

I wouldn't even begin to compare my experience to that of a worker who develops Parkinson's and has to quit their job and find a new way to live.

So I'm really lucky, ”continued Michael J. Fox, before recalling that the most visible symptoms, such as shaking hands, were not the most disabling.

Indeed, Parkinson's disease involves significant disturbances of balance and perception that make the actor say that he "is piloting a ship in a stormy sea in the middle of the most beautiful of days".

Still, he continues to actively work for research into the disease through his foundation.

Since its inception in 2000, the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research has raised no less than $ 1 billion.

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