“It’s not an act of courage, it’s an act of pragmatism. If you’ve got a disease [progressing], you are going to live a better life if you treat it with good spirits rather than bad.
“The better your mental health, the more fit you are to deal with what the physical side throws at you.
“Things will get worse but I don’t know when they’ll get worse, and therefore I deal with things on a day-to-day situation and my day-to-day situation is I’m not that physically disabled that I can’t get on with my life.
“For me now, it’s more, in a broader sense, enjoying life, embracing life and enjoying the company of great people.”
Parkinson’s is a condition caused by a loss of nerve cells in part of the brain known as the substantia nigra. Nerve cells in this part of the brain are responsible for producing a chemical called dopamine.