NFL legend and Super Bowl winner Bernie Kosar reveals he's battling Parkinson's and liver failure

Former NFL backmost Bernie Kosar has revealed that he is battling aggregate aesculapian issues, including liver nonaccomplishment and Parkinson's disease.

The 60-year-old, who played for nan Cleveland Browns, opened up connected his wellness battles, saying an 'independent NFL doctor' diagnosed him pinch Parkinson's illness successful February earlier he was placed connected a liver transplant database successful precocious spring. 

He told Cleveland Magazine that his assemblage 'gave out' during an quality for nan Browns astatine their December 28th matchup against nan New York Jets. 

'I really felt for illustration I wasn't going to make it location from nan Jets game,' Kosar said. 'I sucked it up, though, and continued to debar nan doctors until nan caller year. Then I went into nan infirmary and sewage a monolithic humor transfusion.

'It was like: 'How are you alive? How are you moving? Because your hemoglobin levels are truthful low.'

Kosar was informed by doctors successful January that he apt needed a caller liver earlier he fell sick again successful February, 

While attending nan Super Bowl festivities successful Las Vegas, nan erstwhile awesome caller's information worsened and he had to walk respective days successful hospital. 

His wellness continued to deteriorate done March, pinch Kosar saying he 'looked for illustration death.

'I wish you could person seen maine 3 months ago,' Kosar says. 'Actually, possibly not, because I looked for illustration death. I felt for illustration death. E. Coli humor poisoning. Heart trouble. And I really thought I needed nan liver transplant ASAP. I was successful bad shape.' 

But his doctor, Anthony Post, offered fans optimistic news arsenic they said that nan erstwhile Super Bowl victor has improved. 

'Liver illness does thin to fluctuate,' says Post. 'So he's connected that activity point wherever it goes up and down. He's successful a bully shape correct now, but thing bad could happen.' 

His doctors said the origin of Kosar's liver nonaccomplishment has not been determined, but that nan liver contains 'an incredibly precocious level of an integrated solvent, higher than we've seen virtually successful anyone.' 

More to follow.