In POTS (Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome), the nerves get confused and sends bad information to the muscles including the heart. It has a cute name but I assure you it is anything but. His challenge to learn how to walk again, only to suffer a devastating fall, nearly caused him to ditch his trademark optimism and “get out of the lemonade business altogether.”ĭoes he make it all of the way back? Read the book.Īlthough not PD, I was diagnosed with POTS, a neuromuscular disorder. Running through the narrative is the drama of the medical madness Fox recently experienced, that included his daily negotiations with the Parkinson’s disease he’s had since 1991, and a spinal cord issue that necessitated immediate surgery. Thoughtful and moving, but with Fox’s trademark sense of humor, his book provides a vehicle for reflection about our lives, our loves, and our losses. In No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality, Michael shares personal stories and observations about illness and health, aging, the strength of family and friends, and how our perceptions about time affect the way we approach mortality. His new memoir reassesses this outlook, as events in the past decade presented additional challenges. His two previous bestselling memoirs, Lucky Man and Always Looking Up, dealt with how he came to terms with the illness, all the while exhibiting his iconic optimism. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, the world’s leading non-profit funder of PD science. Diagnosed at age 29, Michael is equally engaged in Parkinson’s advocacy work, raising global awareness of the disease and helping find a cure through The Michael J. Keaton in Family Ties as Mike Flaherty in Spin City and through numerous other movie roles and guest appearances on shows such as The Good Wife and Curb Your Enthusiasm. Fox as Marty McFly, the teenage sidekick of Doc Brown in Back to the Future as Alex P. A moving account of resilience, hope, fear and mortality, and how these things resonate in our lives, by actor and advocate Michael J.

No time like the future