Overview
- Simon made the diagnosis public in a personal statement published by U.S. outlets on Monday, saying she has been learning to live with Parkinson disease.
- She says mobility problems first blamed on severe osteoarthritis led to replacement of both knees and a hip and, after evaluation at the Mayo Clinic, to the Parkinson diagnosis.
- Simon reports taking medication for stiffness and fluctuating symptoms that make some days very difficult and other days allowing her to work and move more freely.
- During the same period she was treated surgically for a basal cell carcinoma on her face, a procedure she says removed the cancer but altered her appearance and shaped her choices about public life.
- Despite health challenges, Simon completed a new album titled Comes in Waves set for Aug. 14, 2026, her first record of original songs since 2008, and she says she has not stopped living or working.