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Michael J Fox admits heartbreaking Parkinson's battle is ‘the gift that keeps on taking'

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Michael J Fox, who was diagnosed aged 29 with Parkinson's, said the advancing disease had caused him a string of injuries but he was still able to remain optimisticThe 61-year-old activist and former Hollywood actor was diagnosed with young-onset Parkinson's disease a year after Back to the Future Part III was released in 1990.

He told interviewer Jane Pauley on CBS News: "It sucks, having Parkinson's . . . It's getting tougher, it's getting harder, every day you suffer but that's the way it is. "The condition causes parts of the brain to become progressively damaged over many years.

The three main symptoms are involuntary shaking of parts of the body, known as tremors, slow movement, as well as stiff and inflexible muscles.

Michael said that he has had a string of injuries from falling, including breaking bones in his face and other parts of his body, along with a benign tumour on his spine.

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