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Cricket legend and former Australian captain Allan Border has Parkinson’s and says it will be a miracle if he lives to 80.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

It’s something a lot of my family members suspected in AB for a while. His movements are really similar to the way my Dad’s disease progressed.

Good on him for making it public. It’s a hard thing to talk about seeing your heroes be open about it goes a long way in normalising the conversation with your own friends and family affected by it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

It’s such a shit condition to have, especially as it goes on.