NFL great Brett Favre opens up about living with Parkinson’s disease: 'I feel like a board'

Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre announced successful September that helium had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, and successful an interrogation this week helium opened up astir the challenges of surviving with the illness and his anticipation for the future. 

The former Green Bay Packers large spoke with TMZ Sports astir his wellness and the payment of having been diagnosed successful the precise aboriginal stages of the disease. 

Former NFL backmost Brett Favre arrives to look earlier the House Committee connected Ways and Means connected Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, successful Washington.  (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

"Overall, I consciousness – I can’t complain. It’s 1 of those things that I’m learning a batch astir Parkinson's, and my Parkinson's was caught precise early, precise early." 

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He continued, "It’s precise aboriginal successful the illness and the anticipation is thing connected the skyline comes retired that tin halt the progression." 

Favre, 55, revealed the quality of his shocking wellness diagnosis during his grounds astatine a legislature proceeding connected national payment reform. 

"Sadly, I besides mislaid an concern successful a institution that I believed was processing a breakthrough concussion cause I thought would assistance others," helium said astatine the time. "I’m definite you’ll understand, portion it’s excessively precocious for me, due to the fact that I’ve precocious been diagnosed with Parkinson’s, this is besides a origin beloved to my heart."

Favre, 55, revealed the quality of his shocking wellness diagnosis during his grounds astatine a legislature proceeding connected national payment reform.  (Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)

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Favre considers himself fortunate due to the fact that of the aboriginal detection, but helium inactive experiences hard symptoms.

"I don’t shingle precise bad, the medicine – erstwhile I’m connected it, you would ne'er know. But I don’t privation to support taking medicine for the adjacent 30, 40 years if I unrecorded that long. But it is what it is. 

"Most of the time, I’m good. With my Parkinson’s the main broadside effect is rigidity and stiffness. I person a small spot of shaking, not much, but rigidity and stiffness. When I aftermath up successful the morning, I consciousness similar a board. I don’t request immoderate assistance due to the fact that of shot to beryllium immoderate stiffer." 

FILE - Quarterback Brett Favre #4 of the Green Bay Packers looks connected from the sideline during a crippled against the Cleveland Browns astatine Cleveland Municipal Stadium connected November 19, 1995, successful Cleveland, Ohio.  (George Gojkovich/Getty Images)

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"All things considered, I’m a precise blessed man," helium added. 

Favre said connected a vigor amusement successful 2022 that helium estimates helium whitethorn person experienced "thousands" of concussions successful his 2 decades in the NFL. The causes of the illness are unknown, and it is unclear whether his shot vocation and caput injuries of the years are connected. 

According to the Parkinson’s Foundation, scientists judge that the illness is caused by a operation of familial and biology factors, and those biology factors "may see caput injuries, pesticide vulnerability oregon country of residence."

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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