Lysette Anthony reveals secret six-year Parkinson's battle: 'I've made peace with it'
14.03.2022 - 10:37
/ ok.co.uk
Actress Lysette Anthony has been bravely and privately battling Parkinson’s disease for six years. As she reveals her health struggles for the first time with OK! at her home in Liverpool, it’s sadly clear she is already displaying symptoms of the debilitating disease. When Lysette welcomes us into the quirky three bedroom home she shares with her teenage son Jimi, she looks tired and is slightly unsteady on her feet.
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if you’re already seeing this article in full, congrats - you’re already on our guest list! “I didn’t get enough sleep last night as I’m feeling a bit nervous about today but it’s time.The most difficult things are often taking three little steps,” she tells us. “And I’m also so tired. My symptoms have got worse.” Lysette, an actress who at the height of her fame starred alongside John Travolta in Look Who’s Talking Now, was diagnosed with the brain disorder at the age of 52 – making her one of an estimated 145,000 sufferers in the UK.
Despite appearing slow on her feet and taking a break to have a 45-minute nap during our lunch in the middle of the shoot, Lysette, now 58, tells us she is feeling considerably better than she did just two months ago when her health declined so much, she thought she was dying. “At Christmas it was so bad,” she explains. “One of the symptoms you can get is muscle freezing.
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