Parkinson's Disease In Lucky Men

The precipitating event of “Lucky Men” was when the doctor told Michael that he was diagnosed with young onset Parkinson’s disease back in 1991. In the book Michael says “the doctor said some more words, like young onset, progressive, degenerative, incurable, very rare. At your age, new drugs, new hope…the air sucked from my lungs, my left arm was shaking clear up to the shoulder” (chapter 1, pg. 28). When Michael found out about his diagnosis with Parkinson’s disease, he was in complete shock. Michael’s reaction was pretty much like why is the doctor telling me this, and that he could’ve made a mistake. During the doctor’s office visit, he also struggled with how he was going to explain this to his wife Tracy. Michael was a huge film and television