{"id":19032,"date":"2026-07-27T17:38:49","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T12:38:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=19032"},"modified":"2026-07-27T17:38:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T12:38:49","slug":"carly-simon-says-shes-living-with-parkinsons-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=19032","title":{"rendered":"Carly Simon Says She&#8217;s Living with Parkinson&#8217;s Disease"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Carly-Simon.jpeg?quality=80\" \/><\/p>\n<div data-id=\"1614028\" data-title=\"Carly Simon Says She\u2019s Living with Parkinson\u2019s Disease\" data-url=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2026\/07\/carly-simon-parkinsons-disease\/\" data-page=\"1\" data-pages=\"2\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/artist\/carly-simon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carly Simon<\/a> has revealed that she is living with Parkinson\u2019s disease.<\/p>\n<p>The 83-year-old Rock and Roll Hall of Famer disclosed her health challenges in a new open letter to fans ahead of the release of her new studio album, <em>Comes in Waves<\/em>. \u201cSome days I\u2019m so tired I can\u2019t get the day moving at all,\u201d she said of her condition. \u201cOn others, it gives me a little more room to move, think, work, and feel like myself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Discussing the illness more broadly, Simon wrote that \u201cParkinson\u2019s is usually associated with movement, tremors, and balance, but it can affect much more than the body. It can bring anxiety, depression, exhaustion, and apathy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe apathy is particularly strange,\u201d she continued. \u201cYou can find yourself lying there like a starfish drying in the sun, arms pointing in all directions, while nothing inside is telling you to get up, read, watch, write, sing, call someone, or do much of anything at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Related Video<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat has been one of the hardest things to explain,\u201d Simon added. \u201cIt is not simply sadness or laziness. It is as though the part of the brain that sends out invitations to participate in life has temporarily misplaced the guest list.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Simon also revealed that, while battling Parkinson\u2019s, she was treated for basal cell carcinoma on her face. \u201cThe cancer was removed, but the surgery affected my appearance and made me more self-conscious about being seen in public,\u201d she explained. \u201cI have always been more critical of my appearance than anyone else could possibly imagine (check out the irony of having written \u2018You\u2019re So Vain\u2019), and this gave my inner critic quite a lot of new material.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBetween my mobility issues, the Parkinson\u2019s diagnosis, the surgery, and the emotional effects of it all, withdrawing from public view was the most palatable reaction,\u201d Simon wrote. \u201cIf a person is allowed to hibernate during both winter and summer, then I have become an all-season bear.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And yet, Simon said she has \u201cnot stopped living, and I have not stopped working,\u201d adding that making her new album \u201cgave me somewhere to go without having to leave the room. It reminded me that illness can change your life without becoming the whole of your life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Comes In Waves<\/em>, marking Simon\u2019s first new studio album of original songs since 2008, is due out on August 14th. 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