{"id":51645,"date":"2025-09-09T10:29:28","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T10:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asport.com.ng\/?p=51645"},"modified":"2025-09-09T10:29:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T10:29:28","slug":"former-packers-hall-of-fame-qb-brett-favre-who-was-diagnosed-with-parkinsons-last-september-says-his-symptoms-are-accelerating-and-he-has-stiffness-on-his-right-side-difficulty-swallowing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asport.com.ng\/?p=51645","title":{"rendered":"Former Packers Hall of Fame QB Brett Favre, who was diagnosed with Parkinson\u2019s last September, says his symptoms are accelerating and he has stiffness on his right side, difficulty swallowing, and tremors. \u201cWhat symptoms have sort of arised here lately, is like, I have a hard time swallowing. There\u2019s times where I think I\u2019m choking. It\u2019s sort of scary because they can\u2019t fix that,\u201d Favre said. \u201cI try not to think about it. I try to just focus on getting after the day. But, there are times during the day, maybe at night, when I can decompress\u2026and I think I\u2019m progressing a little bit.\u201d Parkinson\u2019s disease is a disorder of the central nervous system that affects movement, often including tremors. There is no known cure for the disease. Favre is 55 years old. (via Sage Steele)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brett Favre, the once \u00adinvincible quarterback whose gunslinger spirit captured the hearts of football fans everywhere, today faces an altogether different kind of opponent\u2014a relentless adversary that doesn\u2019t respond to passes or playbooks. Brett Favre, now 55 years old, opened a vulnerable chapter recently on \u201cThe Sage Steele Show,\u201d speaking candidly about his Parkinson\u2019s diagnosis and how its symptoms are quietly but steadily sinking deeper into his life. He spoke with a raw honesty that many of us who watched his legendary career can\u2019t help but feel deeply alongside.<\/p>\n

It was during a congressional hearing last September that he first revealed his Parkinson\u2019s diagnosis publicly. He\u2019d kept it private for a time, but his health was too serious\u2014and the moment too significant\u2014to remain unspoken any longer. The disease, as he told lawmakers, was something he had waited too long to confront, and now, the clock was moving whether he liked it or not.<\/p>\n

On Sage Steele\u2019s podcast, Favre described how his symptoms have evolved\u2014how the tremors many associate with Parkinson\u2019s aren\u2019t the worst of it for him. Instead, stiffness took a cruel leading role. \u201cEveryone attributes Parkinson\u2019s with shaking\u2026 I have a little shaking, but not like Muhammad Ali or Michael J. Fox,\u201d he said . What plagues him most is rigidity. His body, especially on the right side, has begun to feel like unbending wood. He described it with vivid imagery: \u201cI feel like a pretzel… Everything is so rigid. I take the medicine and 20 minutes later, at least in my mind, it’s like a total new body\u201d<\/p>\n

That rigidity has now crept into one of the most fundamental acts of life: swallowing. Favre revealed, \u201cI have a hard time swallowing. One of the doctors, out of the blue, said, \u2018How\u2019s your swallowing?\u2019 \u2026 There are times where I think I\u2019m choking. So it\u2019s sort of scary because they can\u2019t fix that\u201d\u00a0It\u2019s a chilling detail, one that hits on two levels\u2014physical danger from choking, and deeper still, the fear that his body is turning against him in ways he cannot yet control.<\/p>\n

He admitted that some nights, when everything is quiet and he can \u201cdecompress,\u201d the full weight of it becomes overwhelming. It\u2019s at those vulnerable moments that he feels the unmistakable creeping sense that he is progressing, that Parkinson\u2019s is slowly claiming more ground \u00a0It\u2019s an experience that is profoundly lonely in its intensity, even for a man who has never walked away from a fight.<\/p>\n

Despite the gravity of it all, Favre\u2019s framing of his condition remains grounded in determination. \u201cI try not to think about it. I try to just focus on getting after the day,\u201d he said. In moments of clarity and clarity alone, he fights\u2014on his own terms<\/p>\n

Parkinson\u2019s disease itself is a cruel thief. A disorder of the central nervous system, it stems from the degeneration of dopamine-producing cells in the brain\u2014a slow erasure of the mechanisms that enable smooth movement, nuanced speech, steady gait. Tremors, stiffness, slow motion, balance loss\u2014these are the familiar hallmarks of the condition, but there\u2019s also a deeply human collateral damage: emotional lability, speech difficulties, swallowing issues, urinary challenges, constipation, skin changes\u2014sometimes even hallucinations or depression<\/p>\n

In Brett\u2019s case, head trauma is part of the story. He estimates he endured thousands of concussions over his 20-season NFL career\u2014a statistic that underscores the brutality of the game and raises alarming questions about long\u2011term neurological risk\u00a0CNBC<\/a>). Studies have connected repeated head trauma with increased Parkinson\u2019s risk\u2014some showing organized tackle football players nearly three times as likely to develop Parkinsonism as others\u00a0For Favre, the question isn\u2019t rhetorical\u2014it\u2019s personal.<\/p>\n

Yet, even in the absence of a cure, there are ways to fight back, however modestly. Medications like levodopa and its combinations can boost dopamine levels and help control symptoms, at least for a while. Physical activity, speech therapy, and other supportive strategies can strengthen the body that Parkinson\u2019s would weaken \u00a0And for some, surgical interventions like deep brain stimulation offer substantial relief. In February 2025, the FDA approved Medtronic\u2019s BrainSense Adaptive deep brain stimulator\u2014a device that senses abnormal brain signals and responds in real time, delivering tailored stimulation to quell symptoms (TIME<\/a>). It\u2019s not a cure, but it is a step forward in managing the disorder with precision.<\/p>\n

Cutting-edge research is also opening new frontiers. Studies are exploring intelligent dopamine modulators that could deliver neurotransmitters precisely where needed; AI\u2011based tools are improving early detection and symptom monitoring; even adapted exercise programs like Rock Steady Boxing show promise for preserving motor and emotional function (arXiv<\/a>). These aren\u2019t immediate solutions for Brett, necessarily, but each represents human ingenuity pushing back against an otherwise intractable decline.<\/p>\n

Through it all, what strikes me most in Favre\u2019s story is the emotional landscape: the fear of choking, the confusion over rigidity, the ruthless progression\u2014moments when a public hero is stripped down into someone trying simply to breathe, to swallow, to live like a person. There\u2019s grief in his words\u2014not rage, not surrender, but quiet sorrow and survival.<\/p>\n

He talks about decompression moments, of thinking, perhaps for the first time in his life, \u201cI\u2019m progressing a little bit.\u201d That realization, tones of inevitability fused with fear\u2014it’s anything but \u201cnormal.\u201d And yet he doesn\u2019t collapse under it. He fights. He keeps going. He finds the new \u201cnormal.\u201d<\/p>\n

We all loved Brett Favre for his grit, his passion, his refusal to quit. Maybe the greatest lesson from his Parkinson\u2019s journey is seeing that same heart applied to an entirely different kind of battle\u2014one without snap counts, without fans, without touchdowns. Here, the scoreboard is whereabouts of dopamine in the brain, the reliability of throat muscles, the calmness of sleeping thoughts. It doesn\u2019t make it any easier\u2014but he faces it with the same resolve that once made him a legend.<\/p>\n

Parkinson\u2019s may steal stiffness and swallow, it may steal control. It may sideline talents and dreams. But it does not necessarily steal spirit. And Brett Favre\u2019s voice on that podcast is proof enough. He\u2019s still standing. He\u2019s still fighting. And that\u2014perhaps\u2014is the truest legacy any athlete could hope for.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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