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NFL legend Brett Favre offered an update on his ongoing battle with Parkinson’s disease on Monday during the latest episode of his podcast.
Favre revealed in September 2024 that he was diagnosed with the disease when he testified before Congress on welfare reform. Since then, he has kept his battle with the disease close to the vest.
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Green Bay Packers quarterback (4) Brett Favre warms up before playing against the Detroit Lions at Ford Field. (Tom Szczerbowski/USA TODAY Sports)
When talking about Philip Rivers coming back to play in the NFL at 44, Favre believed he could have played at least one series until he was about 50. Favre said he trained rigorously until he began dealing with his health struggles.
“I’m probably like most people — I thought there was only one Parkinson’s and that was it. There’s not. There are many, many types of Parkinson’s,” he said on “4th and Favre.” “And I have what’s called idiopathic, which is the most common. And I think the second thing most people think when they hear about Parkinson’s is that they think of shaking.
“I get from time to time, ‘Oh, you mustn’t be too bad because you don’t shake.’ I’m shaking very little. I have some, but it’s pretty rare. But as I’ve learned, the Parkinson’s I have has three distinct characteristics. You will have one of these three as the dominant side effect. It is cognitive and memory are one. Tremors and tremors are two. And stiffness and rigidity are three. I focus on stiffness and rigidity.”
Former NFL quarterback Brett Favre appears before the House Committee on Ways and Means on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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The former Green Bay Packers star said he wakes up stiff until he takes his medication.
“So when I wake up in the morning, before I take my medicine, I’m as close to 2 by 4 as you can possibly get. And once I take my medicine, it’s like the muscles and joints kind of loosen their grip on me. When I get tired, mostly toward the end of the day, I shake a little bit. My cognitive memory knows that now, you know that, now. there’s no cure. I hear from time to time, ‘Well, they’re five years away from a cure.’ I hope that is the case. But I’m not holding my breath.”
Favre, 56, played in the NFL from 1991 to 2010. He was with the Packers, Atlanta Falcons, New York Jets and Minnesota Vikings during those 20 years.
Brett Favre visits FOX Business Network at FOX Studios on February 10, 2015 in New York. (Rob Kim/Getty Images)
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He passed for 71,838 yards and 508 touchdown passes. He won a Super Bowl title with the Packers.
