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The Pro Football Hall of Famer Brett Favre opened up his fight with Parkinson’s disease.
Last year, the Super Bowl master revealed that he was diagnosed with the disease while testifying to Capitol Hill on welfare reform.
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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)
He appeared on the recent episode of “The Sage Steele Show” and talked more about his symptoms and his mental anguish as he goes through his daily.
“What symptoms have been erected here recently is that I have a hard time swallowing,” he told Sage Steele. “There are times when I think I’m stifling. It’s kind of scary because they can’t solve it. I try not to think about it. I’m just trying to focus on coming after the day.
“But there are often times during the day, maybe at night, when I decompress, and I think I’m progressing a little because the progression, as I understand it, said my doctor,” Think about it this way. You see that you haven’t seen in 20 years. They don’t look like they haven’t aged a bit. You tell them, “Oh, you look good.” It is faster than others.
Favre said he is thinking about how well he is progressing if he is at all.
Green Bay Packers Quarterback (4) Brett Favre is interviewed after defeating the Detroit Lions. (Tom Szczerbowski/USA Today Sports)
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“I’m constantly thinking about it, even though I know I shouldn’t all these thoughts go through my mind,” he said.
Favre said at Capitol Hill that he was diagnosed with the disease in January 2024.
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that affects movement, leading to shaking, stiffness, slow walking, balance problems and other symptoms.
Non-motor symptoms may include depression, anxiety, hallucinations, apathy, sleep disorders, odor loss, digestive problems and orthostatic hypotension (a sudden drop in blood pressure when getting up), according to Parkinson’s foundation.
Minnesota Vikings Quarterback Brett Favre (4) calls the Snap count behind the center during the third quarter against the Detroit Lions at Ford Field. (Leon Halip/USA Today Sports)
Nearly a million people live with the disease in the United States, and an expected 1.2 million will have received diagnoses by 2030.
