Seeing Michael J. Fox like that sucks...

[MrMuscle]

i just watched the whole thing. made me sad.

I have this picture in my head that he is a really decent person and wouldnt put on a show. so i think its sincere.

 

[bluepeter]

But does anyone here think that he might be playing it up a little

Not unless you're a complete and utter brainwashed ass like Limbaugh.

Props to Michael, another stellar Canadian.

 

[Lestat]

But does anyone here think that he might be playing it up a little

uh no, not at all, it has gotten progressively worse over time.

 

[Gymgurl]

I am you should know that by now

 

[Gymgurl]

uh no, not at all, it has gotten progressively worse over time.

Thank you for being a gentleman and talking....I didn't say that I believed it...damn Bluepeter...I m might be a republican...

I agree he has had it for a long time too..so it has just progressed

 

[fistfullofsteel]

even with his fame and money it doesn't mean anything if you don't have your health. it is very sad with all the money that our gov't puts into weapons and defense that it doesn't attack illnesses the same way. it was amazing how a team of scientists came together to build the 1st atomic and then the hydrogen bomb (and that was about 60+ years ago), but when it comes to finding cures of illnesses it basically comes down to who gets credit and what's the best way to make most money as possible. the human race is so wonderful.

 

[biteme]

But does anyone here think that he might be playing it up a little

My das has it much worse that that. It will eventually kill him. Not a nice disease, they deteriorate with each and every year. There are basically 2 kinds of Parkinson's with variations in between. My dad has the worst kind.

 

[jnevin]

I do a LOT of work for a Parkinson's disease center. It's a shitty, shitty disease, and when you get hit with Parkinson's as young and hard as he has been, the prognosis is truly lousy.

My job is depressing ... neurological diseases rarely have a good outcome; people don't get better from shit like multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's , Altzheimer's, multiple systems atrophy, autonomic dysfunction, or -- my personal favorite <sarc> -- ALS (god I fucking hate hearing that diagnosis).

Oh well, off to work

My uncle's mom died from ALCS, it was so bad to watch. She had such a sense of humor about it the whole time, like when she'd fall down for no reason she'd joke about it. The end was so hard on her and my uncle's family. Horrible way to go.

 

[Lao Tzu]

But does anyone here think that he might be playing it up a little

He has admitted to doing it before. A few years ago he admitted that before he went before congress to talk about funding for parkinsons that he quit taking his medications beforehand so he would twitch more. I am trying to find his quote where he said this, but with the latest situation every google search just turns up Rush Limbaugh and him.

I personally don't see a problem with it though, someone who is on HIV meds is going to look alot healthier than someone w/o them for example, and if you are on the meds people may think your disease is minor and not take it as seriously. In fact, there are problems with rising HIV infections now because people figure 'if I get infected, I'll just take the pills. Other people do and they seem healthy.' People get a false sense of how dangerous or curable diseases are if you can temporarily treat them. But I don't know if he exaggerated his symptoms for this situation or not.


Michael J Fox is an inspiration though. He has a serious disease and instead of becoming a shut in who is ashamed of himself and mad at the world he is out in public fighting for tolerance and to make the world a better place. He is raising money, raising awareness, raising scientific funds. His foundation has funded 80 million dollars for parkinsons research so far. He could've just retired to his home and never left, constantly being pissed off and afraid people would laugh at him. He did the opposite though.

 

[Lao Tzu]

http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/a20e52a5-3fcd-4844-9cca-8e43190f3c11

From Fox's autobiography "Lucky Man" before he went before a senate subcommittee:


I had made a deliberate choice to appear before the subcommittee without medication. It seemed to me that this occasion demanded that my testimony about the effects of the disease, and the urgency we as a community were feeling, be seen as well as heard. For people who had never observed me in this kind of shape, the transformation must have been startling.


So the idea of thinking he did that intentionally is not new or anything. Nothing wrong with it, but I don't see why people are so upset about the accusation. He has admitted to doing that before.