Brett Favre diagnosed with Parkinson's disease

[Hey Yo]

Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre revealed during a congressional hearing on Tuesday that he was recently diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, a degenerative nervous system disorder that causes parts of the brain to deteriorate and affects movement.

Speaking before the House Ways and Means Committee, Favre spoke about Prevacus, a company making a concussion drug that received $2 million of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) funds. Favre was the top investor in Prevacus and text messages show he began asking state officials for help securing funds for the company in November 2018.

"Sadly, I also lost an investment in a company that I believed was developing a breakthrough concussion drug I thought would help others," Favre said during opening remarks. "And I'm sure you'll understand why it's too late for me, because I've recently been diagnosed with Parkinson's. This is also a cause dear to my heart."

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/...sional-hearing

[Off the Court]

That is horrible

[Patrick Chewing]

The NFL will have to and should make those Guardian caps mandatory for all players to wear.

[rawimpact]

This dude was the beneficiary of a fund designated for welfare recipients.... I mean yeah the diagnosis sucks, but sometimes Karma is just a bitch.

[Patrick Chewing]

This dude was the beneficiary of a fund designated for welfare recipients.... I mean yeah the diagnosis sucks, but sometimes Karma is just a bitch.

[Chick Stern]

That diagnosis must have left him shaking

[Hey Yo]

Former NFL quarterback Brett Favre said he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in January after consulting with five doctors.

The doctors] all said the same thing, if it's not in your family, and there's none on either side of my family, then the first thing we looked at is head trauma," Favre told TMZ. "Well, hell, I wrote the book on head trauma."

Favre said in a 2018 interview that he believes he could have suffered more than 1,000 concussions during his 20-season NFL career. A 2020 study found that having a single concussion increased the risk of developing the degenerative nervous system disorder by 57% and that having multiple concussions further compounds the danger.

more in the link
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/...gnosis-january

[BurningHammer]

That diagnosis must have left him shaking