Michael J. Fox has spent more than three decades living with Parkinson’s disease, openly sharing how it shapes his daily life and his hopes for the future. Diagnosed at 29, he has become one of the most recognizable advocates for Parkinson’s research, using his platform to raise over $2 billion through the Michael J. Fox Foundation while continuing to appear in public as his condition allows. He recently co-wrote the memoir “Future Boy,” reflecting on 1985, when he was filming “Family Ties” during the day and “Back to the Future” at night, and earlier this year he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his long-running work raising awareness and funding. In a conversation with People, he explained that he starts each day by assessing what his body can handle, saying he gets “new challenges physically” but finds ways to get through them, including getting used to rolling around in a wheelchair.Fox has largely stopped walking because the risk of falling has grown too high. Speaking to The Times, he recalled that in a three-year period he broke his elbow, broke his hand, suffered a serious infection in that hand, and nearly lost a finger, leading him to “take it easy” and avoid walking much, which he now calls “a bit dangerous.” He has also said that people do not die from Parkinson’s itself but with it, and he does not expect to reach 80. While promoting “Future Boy,” he shared that after 35 years with Parkinson’s he hopes for a quiet passing, saying he would like to “just not wake up one day” rather than experience a dramatic accident. Even so, he told Entertainment Tonight that the disease has become his everyday reality and that his focus remains on what the wider community can still do, from finding a cure to creating groundbreaking treatment centers.