Technically, Michael J.
Fox is not supposed to be enjoying himself as much as he is these days.
That was 21 years ago.
“The implication was that I was going to be in an invalid state,” Fox says.
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Without question, the actor’s illness has advanced.
His right knee swings, his hands tremble, his shoulders seesaw up and down.
“It’s like your gyroscope is off,” he says when asked what Parkinson’s feels like.
“I can be shaky.
I can be slow.
“I feel that kind of sideways feeling coming on,” he says.
But his resolve is steady.
Keep Laughing
For Fox, acceptance translates into apositive outlook.
Where others would see devastating physical and emotional consequences, he counts his blessings.
It took him years to get there, but at times all he can do now is laugh. "
Indeed, Fox has a whole dark-humor repertoire.
As he jokes, who needs an electric toothbrush when you have a vibrating hand?
As for shaving with a blade, “I’m not suicidal,” Fox cracks.
His golf game yes, Fox still plays suffers more from comic indignity than anything else.
“People say, ‘Stay still over the ball.’
I’m, like, ‘Yeah, screw you.’
" Even a box of cereal comes with a punch line.
“When I start pouring, I don’t know what’s going to happen,” he says.
“The next thing I know, I’m spraying All-Bran all over the kitchen.”
That’s not to suggest that PD is one big thigh-slapper.
Family outings need to be timed to Fox’s medication schedule.
It teaches them patience and empathy.”
Fox on the ice with hockey legend Bobby Orr.
Winged statuettes honoring every aspect of his work.
Each item brings out a boyish exuberance, as if Fox still can’t believe his own luck.
That’s only to say we all get our own bag of hammers.”
