Neri Livneh

After years in the media and her participation in a successful reality show, the veteran journalist speaks candidly about the complex struggle with the serious illness she had been hiding, and explains why she decided to move out of the denial phase: "I didn't want people to pity me."

The 73-year-old journalist described in her weekly column the period during which her health declined, the tests she underwent, and the moment she was diagnosed with the disease. Recently, she even tripped in the street and broke her shoulder — a fall that she says was related to the diagnosis. "I was ashamed of it, Parkinson's is a very unhappy holiday."