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Terry Crews' Wife Rebecca Reveals Secret 16-Year Battle With Parkinson's Disease - 'I Felt Like I Wanted to Die' · Fresh Intelligence

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  [SPEAKER_00]: Here's fresh intelligence first to start your day.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Terry Cruz wife, Rebecca King Cruz, has been privately battling Parkinson's disease for over 15 years, as reported by radar online.com.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Despite a family history of the neurological disorder, it took four years of troubling symptoms before she received a diagnosis.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Rebecca, 60, first experienced numbness in her left toes while biking but dismissed at a stress-amid marital challenges.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: However, her concerns grew as she began for getting things and noticed one leg dragging.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Hmm.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I know what that means.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: She shared in an exclusive interview with people.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Despite years of doctors struggling to pinpoint her condition, Terry, 57, sent something deeper at play.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I would ask her, what's going on?
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And she'd say, nothing.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: It was clear she was trying to tough it out, he recalled.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: When diagnosed with Parkinson's in 2015, Rebecca initially resisted, telling her doctor, I don't receive this.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I was determined to fight it, she added.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: As her health deteriorated, Rebecca leaned on her faith, but one day she hit her breaking point, prompting Terry to find her praying for a miracle.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I hadn't slept in three days, due to the disease, and I felt like I wanted to die, she admitted.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Terry expressed his pain in witnessing her struggles, saying, it's definitely been hard to watch her on those days.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Over a decade after her diagnosis, Rebecca chose to share her journey publicly, motivated by hope.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: She has begun a non-invasive treatment called focused ultrasound, which is aided her symptoms.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Dr. Vivek Book of Stanford University described the treatment as very cutting-edge, and noted her desire to help others, stating she did it not for publicity, but to be part of moving the field forward.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Throughout her ongoing battle, Rebecca considers Terry her rock.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: My mission is to make sure she gets the best care possible.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: He affirmed.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Where she's weak, I'm strong.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: There are days when there's nothing I can do and I just have to hold her as she cries in my arms.