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Pepe Colubi Announces He Has Parkinson's Disease

The disclosure is meant to lift his personal pressure, raise awareness of the degenerative disease, alter how colleagues and audiences perceive him.

Overview

  • Colubi disclosed his diagnosis in an interview on Onda Cero's Julia en la Onda on Sunday, saying he had kept the condition private until now.
  • He said he was diagnosed about two and a half years ago after noticing early symptoms over the prior three years.
  • Colubi described initial signs as episodes of extreme tiredness, blood‑pressure fluctuations and a small finger tremor that appeared while he was being treated for a bursitis.
  • A family history of Parkinson's prompted him to see a neurologist, he told colleagues only a year after diagnosis, and most friends learned of it with this public announcement.
  • He said his prescribed treatment is progressing 'as well as it can', he uses humor to cope, and he timed the revelation to reduce personal stress and increase visibility for Parkinson's disease.