The Chase star Paul Sinha has opened up about the initial symptoms that preceded his Parkinson's disease diagnosis. The 54-year-old quizmaster, diagnosed in May 2019, shared in his new memoir 'One Sinha Lifetime' that he experienced urinary incontinence and a stiff shoulder, which he initially dismissed.
Recalling an episode after a night out with his husband Oliver Levy, Sinha said: 'It never crossed my mind that this was anything other than a drunken misjudgement.' He later added: 'This was probably the first indication that there was something seriously wrong with my health.'
Sinha also noted stiffness in his right shoulder but avoided seeing a doctor due to a phobia of injections and a belief he was the healthiest in his family. He wrote: 'I assumed that I'd simply sprained my shoulder during sleep. If I just bide my time, the stiffness will disappear.'
After his parents encouraged him, Sinha finally sought medical help. In 2019, he announced his diagnosis in a blog post, describing it as 'a devastating denouement to a medical odyssey that began in September 2017.'
Despite the challenges, Sinha remains determined not to let Parkinson's define him. He told the Daily Star: 'I'm trying to prove to the world that Parkinson's doesn't have to be the end of somebody's story... The important thing is to not let it define you.'
