The comedian said he has learned to live with heartbreaking symptoms including shaking, memory issues and difficulty with his co-ordination.
Sir Billy Connolly has said his life has changed “radically” since he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, as he revealed his wife now dresses him in the morning and he once forgot the name of one of his dogs.
“I walk with a stick and at airports I have to get the wheelchair. I hate being dependent to that degree and I feel sorry for other people who are in wheelchairs and who have worse than me.“My wife puts my clothes on in the morning. It’s not very manly. Your mum puts your clothes on.“I think I have a good attitude to it. I say to the disease ‘I’ll give you a break if you give me a break’. We’re nice to each other.
“I shake a bit. I don’t shake every day, all the time. But for about an hour or two I’ll shake and when I’m drawing it spoils it.“I think most things can be conquered and especially the depression. Depression is such a complex affair, but you have to conquer it, take it on face-to-face and refuse to be part of it.
He wrote: “I was thinking I’d like: ‘Jesus Christ, is that the time already?’ on mine, but my wife Pamela was shaky about it, so we settled on ‘You’re standing on my balls!’ in tiny wee writing.
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