Overview

• Speaking on The Sage Steele Show, Favre said his Parkinson’s presents more as rigidity and stiffness than visible shaking, with symptoms most pronounced on his right side.
• He described difficulty swallowing and occasional episodes where he feels he is choking, noting a doctor told him that issue cannot be fixed.
• Favre said he takes medication every four hours and feels markedly better about 20 minutes after dosing, saying he otherwise feels like a “pretzel.”
• He exercises daily and tries to focus on each day, yet he acknowledged persistent anxiety about whether his condition is progressing.
• Favre disclosed he was diagnosed in January 2024 after seeing multiple doctors and has linked his illness to years of football head trauma, a connection he believes but that is not established medically.