 In one of life’s ironies in 1998 Griffith was diagnosed with the degenerative neurological condition Parkinson's disease.It affected her life profoundly but although her voice was affected she could still sing but she had to give up playing whistle, guitar, and dulcimer and relied on musical friends to support her.At the World Parkinson’s Congress in February 2006 she performed "If I Can’t Dance" from her album My Life dedicating it to other fellow Parkinson's Disease sufferers.