One of many administrators of the upcoming Billy Joel documentary, And So It Goes, has given an replace on the singer’s restoration from the mind dysfunction Regular Strain Hydrocephalus (NPH).
Throughout a July sixteenth look on Good Morning America, co-director Susan Lacy stated the Piano Man has been “doing bodily remedy, he’s therapeutic, he’s engaged on getting higher.”
In Could, Joel canceled all of his upcoming tour dates after revealing he had been identified with NPH, a mind dysfunction that causes fluid to build up within the mind’s ventricles, resulting in points with listening to, imaginative and prescient, and stability.
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On the time, Joel stated the situation was “exacerbated by current live performance performances” and added that he was “present process particular bodily remedy and has been suggested to chorus from performing throughout this restoration interval.”
Based on the Cleveland Clinic, NPH is probably reversible if caught early sufficient. Sufferers identified with the dysfunction can go for a process to implant a shunt to empty the surplus fluid.
Delving into the highs and lows of Joel’s life and profession, And So It Goes particulars a very darkish chapter when he tried suicide twice earlier than launching his solo profession. It additionally accommodates a speaking head interview with Bruce Springsteen, who says that Joel’s “melodies are higher than mine.”
The primary half premieres this Friday, July 18th at 8:00 p.m. ET on HBO Max, with Half 2 following on Friday, July twenty fifth.