‘It Got Worse’: Actor Michael J. Fox Talks Dealing With Poor Health

Actor Michael J. Fox gets candid about his 🏥Health struggles.

Fox, who is battling Parkinson’s disease, spoke to People about new injuries that he has developed as he has gotten older.

“It got worse. I broke my cheek, then my hand, then my shoulder, had a replacement shoulder put in and broke my arm, then I broke my elbow. I’m 61 years old, and I’m feeling it a little bit more,” he explained.

Fox has also endured a broken left arm, spinal-cord surgery to remove a tumor, and an infection from a broken hand, which led him struggling to balance and numerous falls.

Fox said that these setbacks caused him to become “very cranky.”

“I was never really a cranky guy, but I got very cranky and short with people. I try to nip it in the bud,” he said.

Fox also spoke about apologizing to his aides when this happens.

“I always think of these aides who work with me. And I often say to them, ‘Whatever I say, just imagine I said “please” at the beginning and “thank you” at the end. Just take a second and absorb that I might have said that if I was more myself, but I didn’t, so I apologize,'” he shared.