#parkinson

He had Parkinson's disease for about, I'd say diagnosed for about 11 of the last years of his life. And treatment was not as good as it is now, of course. We're still going along and he died in '85 and he was 77. ↗

— Lynn Redgrave

#along #course #diagnosed #died #disease

It’s all about control. Control is illusory. No matter what university you go to, no matter what degree you hold, if your goal is to become master of your own destiny, you have more to learn. Parkinson’s is a perfect metaphor for lack of control. Every unwanted movement in my hand or arm, every twitch that I cannot anticipate or arrest, is a reminder that even in the domain of my own being, I am not calling the shots. I tried to exert control by drinking myself to a place of indifference, which just exacerbated the sense of miserable hopelessness. ↗

— Michael J. Fox

#improvement #parkinson-s #funny

Practically every day, there is a story in the newspapers about a new breakthrough drug on Parkinson's. ↗

— Mort Kondracke

#breakthrough #day #every #every day #new

I have a form of Parkinson's disease, which I don't like. My legs don't move when my brain tells them to. It's very frustrating. ↗

— George H. W. Bush

#disease #form #frustrating #i #legs

We have common enemies today. It's called childhood poverty. It's called cancer. It's called AIDS. It's called Parkinson's. It's called Muscular Dystrophy. ↗

— Jerry Doyle

#called #cancer #childhood #common #muscular

Leo, sadly, has Parkinson's, but he used to cook all sorts of dazzling things. ↗

— Jilly Cooper

#dazzling #leo #parkinson #sadly #sorts

I often say now I don't have any choice whether or not I have Parkinson's, but surrounding that non-choice is a million other choices that I can make. ↗

— Michael J. Fox

#choice #choices #i #i can #make

In addition to relieving patient suffering, research is needed to help reduce the enormous economic and social burdens posed by chronic diseases such as osteoporosis, arthritis, diabetes, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases, cancer, heart disease, and stroke. ↗

— Ike Skelton

#alzheimer #arthritis #burdens #cancer #chronic

You've probably read in People that I'm a nice guy - but when the doctor first told me I had Parkinson's, I wanted to kill him. ↗

— Michael J. Fox

#first #guy #had #him #i