{"id":1922904,"date":"2023-05-02T14:41:30","date_gmt":"2023-05-02T18:41:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/im-not-gonna-be-80-michael-j-fox-gives-heartbreaking-health-update\/"},"modified":"2023-05-02T14:43:12","modified_gmt":"2023-05-02T18:43:12","slug":"im-not-gonna-be-80-michael-j-fox-gives-heartbreaking-health-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/im-not-gonna-be-80-michael-j-fox-gives-heartbreaking-health-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael J. Fox shares sad health news: &#8216;I won&#8217;t reach 80&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fim-not-gonna-be-80-michael-j-fox-gives-heartbreaking-health-update%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1922904&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Michael J. Fox Opens Up About His Battle with Parkinson\u2019s Disease<\/h2>\n<p>Actor Michael J. Fox recently spoke out about his ongoing struggle with Parkinson\u2019s disease, revealing that it\u2019s becoming increasingly difficult as time goes on. Fox, who was diagnosed with the disease 30 years ago, doesn\u2019t expect to live to see his 80th birthday.<\/p>\n<h3>The Challenges of Parkinson\u2019s<\/h3>\n<p>During an interview with \u201cCBS Sunday Morning,\u201d Fox spoke candidly about the challenges he faces on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/country-celebrates-natl-law-enforcement-appreciation-day\/\" title=\"Country celebrates Nat\u2019l Law Enforcement Appreciation Day\">daily basis<\/a>. \u201cYeah, it\u2019s banging on the door,\u201d he admitted. \u201cI\u2019m not gonna lie. It\u2019s gettin\u2019 hard, it\u2019s gettin\u2019 harder. It\u2019s gettin\u2019 tougher. Every day it\u2019s tougher.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Aside from the physical symptoms of Parkinson\u2019s, Fox has also faced a number of other health challenges in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/flashback-teacher-sues-school-board-after-being-fired-he-refused-to-compromise-on-trans-pronouns\/\" title=\"Flashback: Teacher Sues School Board After Being Fired \u2013 He Refused To Compromise on Trans Pronouns\">recent years<\/a>. He\u2019s suffered fractures in his hand, face, elbow, and arm, and he\u2019s had a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/im-not-gonna-be-80-michael-j-fox-gives-heartbreaking-health-update\/\" title=\"Michael J. Fox shares sad health news: 'I won't reach 80'\">benign tumor removed<\/a> from his spine. These complications have made it more difficult for him to walk and stay steady on his feet, which is a common issue for people with Parkinson\u2019s.<\/p>\n<h3>The Importance of Parkinson\u2019s Research<\/h3>\n<p>Despite the challenges he faces, Fox remains committed to finding a cure for Parkinson\u2019s disease. He founded The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson\u2019s Research (MJFF) to help raise awareness and funds for research into potential treatments and cures.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know without fail that we are getting closer\u2014day by day, year by year\u2014to the breakthroughs that will make finding a cure inevitable,\u201d Fox said in an interview with Neurology Now. \u201cA lot of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shocked-it-only-protects-children-until-third-grade-tulsi-gabbard-reacts-to-florida-parental-rights-law\/\" title=\"\u2018Shocked\u2019 It Only Protects Children Until Third Grade: Tulsi Gabbard Reacts To Florida Parental Rights Law\">work lies ahead<\/a> of us. But this is a responsibility we have, and we want people to know someone is trying to get this work done.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Get Involved<\/h3>\n<p>If you\u2019d like to support Parkinson\u2019s research and help find a cure for this debilitating disease, consider donating to The Michael J. Fox Foundation or participating in one of their fundraising events. Together, we can make a difference.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILY WIRE APP<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actor Michael J. Fox said during a weekend interview that his long battle with Parkinson\u2019s disease was getting more difficult as the years go by. Fox, 61, was diagnosed with the progressive and debilitating disease some three decades ago \u2014 and he told \u201cCBS Sunday Morning\u201d that he doesn\u2019t foresee living to see his own<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":1922905,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[7156,8392,7690,4964,5177,4133,5064,18713,4790,4324],"class_list":["post-1922904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-i","tag-8392","tag-fox","tag-health","tag-michael","tag-news","tag-reach","tag-sad","tag-shares","tag-wont"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1922904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1922904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1922904\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1922905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1922904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1922904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1922904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}