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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLinda Ronstadt Discloses Her Battle With Parkinson’s Disease
http://blog.aarp.org/2013/08/23/linda-ronstadt-discloses-her-battle-with-parkinsons-disease/Linda Ronstadt Discloses Her Battle With Parkinsons Disease
Posted on 08/23/2013 by Allan Fallow | AARP Blog Author
Legendary singer Linda Ronstadt, 67, told AARP today that she cant sing a note because she suffers from Parkinsons disease. Diagnosed eight months ago, Ronstadt began to show symptoms as long as eight years ago. But she ascribed her inability to sing to a tick bite (my health has never recovered since then), and believed the shaking in her hands resulted from shoulder surgery.
In a wide-ranging interview with AARPs music writer Alanna Nash to be published on aarp.org next week, Ronstadt revealed how she discovered that there was something wrong with her voice.
I couldnt sing, she told Nash, and I couldnt figure out why. I knew it was mechanical. I knew it had to do with the muscles, but I thought it might have also had something to do with the tick disease that I had. And it didnt occur to me to go to a neurologist. I think Ive had it for seven or eight years already, because of the symptoms that Ive had. Then I had a shoulder operation, so I thought thats why my hands were trembling.
Parkinsons is very hard to diagnose, so when I finally went to a neurologist and he said, Oh, you have Parkinsons disease, I was completely shocked. I wouldnt have suspected that in a million, billion years
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Linda Ronstadt Discloses Her Battle With Parkinson’s Disease (Original Post)
KittyWampus
Aug 2013
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bmbmd
(3,088 posts)1. she's been cheated
And mistreated. But she is dearly, dearly loved.
shenmue
(38,501 posts)2. Lord have mercy
I like her.
watch the sky
(129 posts)3. I'd heard she had it
but she's doing worse than I thought. Healing vibes sent, she's STILL awesome.