Alan Alda says it is the "biggest challenge" since the diagnosis of his parkinson
The actor says that the disease is "not the end of the world".
Best known for playing a doctor in wartime in the popular dramatic sitcomMASH POTATOES,,Alan Alda is now considered a Hollywood veteran at 86 years old. But in 2018, the beloved actor shared that three years earlier, he had been diagnosed with his own serious state of health:Parkinson's disease. Now Alda opens onto the "biggest challenge" to live with the condition and how her life vision has changed since her diagnosis - although it is not her ambitions. Read the continuation to find out what he says is the most difficult part of his Parkinson case and what he does to slow down the progression of the disease.
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Alda received a diagnosis from Parkinson in 2015 after noticing this surprising symptom.
In 2015, Alda came across an article published inThe New York Times in which a group of doctors noted aParticular Parkinson symptom They had seen in some of their patients: they were inclined to act physically their dreams while sleeping, a condition known as paradoxical sleep behavior disorder.
"I realized that I did exactly that," said Alda, speaking withAARP magazine in 2020. "I had dreamed that someone attacked me, and in the dream, I threw a bag of potatoes. In reality, I threw a pillow on my wife. So believing that there was aGood luck I had parkinson, I went to see a neurologist and asked for a brain scanner. "Although the doctor initially discouraged him to pass the scan, citing his lack of traditional symptoms, Alda insisted." He reminded me and said, "My boy, you really understood it," recalls the actor.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
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This is the "biggest challenge" since his diagnosis, he said.
Alda stresses that since the reception of his diagnosis, he has led a resolutely "complete life": he continued to play, launched a popular podcast and adopted the additional family time that he has won during the quarantine scene The pandemic. When asked byPeople About the most difficult aspect to live with the Parkinson, Alda has disseminated a fairly minor complaint: "Attacing laces can be a challenge With rigid fingers. Remember to play the violin while wearing mittens, "he joked.
The actor says that rather than forcing positivity or wallowing in negativity, he focuses on taking his individual challenges in stride. "It is useless to be optimistic or pessimistic about anything. You just have to surf the uncertainty, because that's all we get," he explained toAarp. "The silver lining is that I continue to become more confident than I can always find a bypass solution," he said laterPeople. "I am more convinced than ever that life adapts, adapts and revises."
He says that his "can be slowed down by Parkinson".
Now seven years in hisDiagnosis of Parkinson, Alda saidPeople He always feels good and prosperous. "I feel good and that I charge in advance," he said at the point of sale. "[I do] everything I can to slow down the progression of Parkinson, who can really be slowed down with work," he said. His daily routine includes a lot of exercises and physiotherapy, not to mention "preparing for my podcast, chasing my grass's geese, playing chess with Arlene [his 65 -year -old wife] and to be fooled on the series Scandinavian television. "
The exercise, he says, is the key to his continuous well-being. Alda says he focuses on her physical form by walking, cycling and jogging on a treadmill, which helps her keep control of her motor skills. "I go a lot to music. I take boxing lessons from a guy trained in Parkinson therapy. I do full training specially designed for this disease. This is not the end of the world when you get this diagnosis . "
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He wants others to know that the diagnosis of a parkinson is not a death sentence.
Alda says he has chosen to open her condition to provide a new story on what the diagnosis of a parkinson can mean. "One of the reasons for which I speak in public is that it helpedRemove some of the stigma, because I know people who have recently been diagnosed who feel that their lives are over, and they are shocked and dismayed, "he saidThe Wall Street newspaper. "It's a common reaction to depress yourself, and it is really not necessary. I mean, it can become really bad, but your life is not over. You don't die, you die with it. ""
TheWedding story The actor says he keeps his own life in a light perspective laughing whenever possible. "Laugh! Laughter is good. This is one of the greatest advantages of this [pandemic] isolation. My wife and I laugh more than we never have. When you laugh, you are vulnerable. You open. You are not protected ... but you win so much thanks to vulnerability. You leave the other person, and that brings us together, "he said, adding:" We cannot take ourselves too seriously , even now. "
