{"id":2291483,"date":"2024-07-09T20:06:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T00:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/early-parkinsons-liver-failure-nfl-legend-bernie-kosar-reveals-harrowing-health-issues\/"},"modified":"2024-07-09T20:10:10","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T00:10:10","slug":"early-parkinsons-liver-failure-nfl-legend-bernie-kosar-reveals-harrowing-health-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/early-parkinsons-liver-failure-nfl-legend-bernie-kosar-reveals-harrowing-health-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"Early Parkinson&#8217;s, Liver Failure: NFL Legend Bernie Kosar Reveals Harrowing Health Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fearly-parkinsons-liver-failure-nfl-legend-bernie-kosar-reveals-harrowing-health-issues%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2291483&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Legendary NFL \u2062quarterback Bernie Kosar is facing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alcohol-related-deaths-skyrocketed-25-during-first-year-of-pandemic\/\" title=\"Alcohol-Related Deaths Skyrocketed 25% During First Year of Pandemic\">liver failure<\/a> and has \u200bbeen diagnosed with Parkinson&#8217;s disease, but remains positive and upbeat despite the health\u2064 challenges. Doctors \u2063believe\u200b he may need\u200c a\u2062 liver transplant in the future. Kosar&#8217;s \u200dpositive attitude and belief in the power of positive thinking are helping him navigate these \u2062difficult \u200dtimes. \u2062In addition to his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-adds-bitcoin-to-his-twitter-bio-bitcoin-surges-by-20\/\" title=\"Elon Musk Adds \u2018#bitcoin\u2019 To His Twitter Bio, Bitcoin Surges By 20%\">health issues<\/a>,\u2064 Kosar has\u200b also been\u2063 battling early Parkinson&#8217;s disease,\u2063 a neurodegenerative disorder. Despite\u2062 his challenges,\u200c Kosar remains optimistic and focused on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/beware-of-these-potential-holiday-health-hazards\/\" title=\"Beware of These Potential Holiday Health Hazards\">maintaining good health<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"> <?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/sports\/\">  Sports <\/a>    <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/bchai\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/bchai\/%20\"><span>Bryan Chai<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   July 9, 2024 at 2:19pm <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>One of the smartest, clutchest gunslingers in the annals of NFL history is facing down his most complicated issue yet \u2014 but that hasn\u2019t kept the smile from his face.<\/p>\n<p>Legendary NFL and Miami Hurricanes quarterback Bernie Kosar has revealed to <a href=\"https:\/\/clevelandmagazine.com\/in-the-cle\/people\/articles\/bernie-kosar-facing-liver-transplant-early-parkinsons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cleveland Magazine<\/a> that, despite a pair of gut-wrenching health diagnoses, the 60-year-old remains upbeat.<\/p>\n<p>Per the outlet, Kosar is facing down two devastating health issues:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Liver failure.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bidens-doctor-releases-letter-parkinsons-discussion-escalates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Parkinson\u2019s disease<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>On the first issue, Kosar has apparently shown marked improvement already \u2014 but that\u2019s hardly cause to celebrate just yet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLiver disease does tend to fluctuate,\u201d Dr. Anthony Post, who is treating Kosar, told Cleveland Magazine. \u201cSo he\u2019s on that wave thing where it goes up and down. He\u2019s in a good phase right now, but anything bad could happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Michael Roizen, who is also treating Kosar, thinks that it\u2019s almost inevitable that Kosar will need a liver transplant, which he is on a recipient list for.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is a wonderful and tough human being,\u201d Roizen said, before also noting that \u201cundergoing a transplant, no matter who you are, is a difficult thing: difficult to get the transplant, difficult to live with it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kosar has been diagnosed with cirrhosis, the third of four stages of liver failure.<\/p>\n<p>The longtime quarterback told Cleveland Magazine that an honorary visit to a tilt between the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cleveland-browns-owner-jimmy-haslam-federal-investigation-bribery-claims-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cleveland Browns<\/a> (the team Kosar played the longest for) and the New York Jets at the end of 2023 turned into a bad out-of-body experience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy body gave out on me,\u201d Kosar said. \u201cI really felt like I wasn\u2019t going to make it home from the Jets game. I sucked it up, though, and continued to avoid the doctors until the new year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen I went into the hospital and got a massive blood transfusion. It was like: \u2018How are you alive? How are you moving? Because your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/transgender-endocrinologist-warns-study-hides-dangers-of-high-dose-testosterone-in-females\/\" title=\"Transgender: Endocrinologist Warns Study Hides Dangers of High Dose Testosterone in Females\">hemoglobin levels<\/a> are so low.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Adding to the liver issue, doctors have no clue what\u2019s causing it, nor can they explain the long-term presence of \u201can organic solvent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After calling the solvent levels \u201chigher than we\u2019ve seen literally in anyone,\u201d Roizan further explained just how much of anomaly Kosar\u2019s issues are.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis compound doesn\u2019t live in humans for 24 hours,\u201d Roizan said. \u201cBut it\u2019s lived in him for probably 10 years, and we don\u2019t know why.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite the potentially grim diagnosis \u2014 even with the relatively recent uptick in health \u2014 Kosar is tackling all of this with a positive mentality.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI strongly believe in the power of positive thinking,\u201d Kosar explained. \u201cFor me, it\u2019s not just a slogan. I believe that positive energy can be manifested in our brains, and I love to live in the space of positivity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to think about things that are helpful. It sounds like I\u2019m getting on a soap box here, but I visualize good health. It\u2019s not so much that I\u2019m trying to sell it to myself, or that I\u2019m in denial, as it is choosing to be positive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause everybody\u2019s got something. We\u2019ve all got health issues to some degree, we all have bumps in the road.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Cleveland Magazine delved into the nitty-gritty oddities of Kosar\u2019s liver failure, the article didn\u2019t give as much attention to the other revelation about Kosar\u2019s battles with early Parkinson\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Kosar] says he was also diagnosed with Parkinson\u2019s, a neurodegenerative disorder of the brain, by an independent NFL doctor in mid-February. Cleveland Magazine was unable to independently confirm that diagnosis,\u201d the outlet flatly stated.<\/p>\n<p>Parkinson\u2019s has already been a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-parkinsons-expert-drops-bomb-biden-live-air-shuts-nbc-host-trying-downplay-decline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hot topic<\/a> in the media due to a sudden controversy involving a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/parkinsons-disease-expert-confirmed-white-house-campaign-rushes-avert-political-disaster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Parkinson\u2019s specialist<\/a> visiting the White House following a disastrous debate performance from President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>To put it lightly, it\u2019s been a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/heated-exchange-kjp-will-not-say-parkinsons-specialist-repeatedly-white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">headache<\/a> for the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<p>That debate performance has called into question \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cnns-jake-tapper-dumbfounded-reading-nonsensical-quote-biden-air\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">very loudly<\/a> \u2014 Biden\u2019s ability to lead amid a potential cognitive decline.<\/p>\n<p>Keep in mind, Biden is over 20 years the senior of Kosar, so you can understand the outspoken consternation. 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Kosar&#8217;s positive attitude and resilience are evident as he navigates these health challenges. Additionally, Kosar has also been diagnosed with early Parkinson&#8217;s disease, adding to his health struggles. Despite these setbacks, Kosar remains hopeful and focused on maintaining good health<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2015,"featured_media":2291484,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Bernie-Kosar.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[34445,34446,9256],"class_list":["post-2291483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-liver-failure","tag-nfl-legend","tag-parkinsons"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Bernie-Kosar.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2291483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2015"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2291483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2291483\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2291484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2291483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2291483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2291483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}