Michael J. Fox feels guilty that his Parkinson's gave wife of 35 years a 'trial' that 'wasn't hers to endure'

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Michael J. Fox this week said he feels his Parkinson’s diagnosis has given his wife Tracy Pollan a "trial" that "wasn’t hers to endure."  "She has this disease too in a sense because I do," Fox, 61, told CBC News in a Thursday interview. "Right from the beginning, before any of this happened, I took this young actress whose career was hopping, she was doing great, she was beautiful, and I made her a single mother and I took her out of the game."  Fox and Pollan, 62, met on the set of his sitcom "Family Ties" in 1985 when she played his love interest and the two married in 1988 at the height of Fox’s "Back to the Future" fame.

She continued to act intermittently but mainly focused on raising their four children: Sam, 33; twins Aquinnah and Schuyler, 28; and Esmé, 21.

Fox continued, "I always felt bad about that and here I was doing it again with Parkinson’s, kind of superimposing my agenda and a trial on her that wasn’t hers to endure."  Fox was diagnosed with Parkinson’s just three years after they were married when he was 29.

In March, Pollan said listening to each other and giving each other space are important keys to their marriage.The couple will celebrate their 35th wedding anniversary this July.  "I think we really listen to each other, we are there for each other when we need each other," Pollan said at a screening of Fox’s film "Still: A Michael J.