It’s been five years since Neil Diamond was first diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, and only now is he coming to terms with it.
Parkinson’s is a “progressive disorder that affects the nervous system and the parts of the body controlled by the nerves,” according to the Mayo Clinic, and the 82-year-old singer admits he was in denial for several years about having the disease. “I’m still doing it.
And I don’t like it,” Diamond tells Anthony Mason on “CBS Sunday Morning”. “But … this is me; this is what I have to accept.
And I’m willing to do it. And, OK, so this is the hand that God’s given me, and I have to make the best of it, and so I am. I am.” The musician — who has stepped away from touring and is now promoting the Broadway show, A Beautiful Noise, about his life — says he’s only truly accepted his health setback “in the last few weeks.” READ MORE: Neil Diamond Announces Retirement From Touring Following Reveal of Parkinson’s Diagnosis That being said, Diamond does shares that “somehow, a calm has moved [into] the hurricane of my life.” “Things have gotten very quiet, as quiet as this recording studio,” he says. “And I like it.
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