Overview
- Favre posted on X on Jan. 7 that he has not given up hope in his fight with Parkinson’s and thanked supporters for their concern.
- He told TMZ he is “fighting till the end” and acknowledged his symptoms have progressed a little faster than he hoped.
- Favre describes early-stage idiopathic Parkinson’s with dominant rigidity and stiffness, occasional shaking later in the day, and cognition currently OK.
- He notes there is no cure at present, expresses optimism about future treatments, and says he is not holding his breath.
- He and specialists suspect repeated NFL head trauma contributed to his diagnosis, which he first disclosed publicly in 2024.