Hall of Fame quarterback and Green Bay Packers legend Brett Favre has opened up about his battle with Parkinson’s disease about one year after he revealed his diagnosis .

Favre, 55, shared his health update during an interview with former ESPN anchor Sage Steele on “ The Sage Steele Show ” on Wednesday.

“Everyone attributes Parkinson’s with shaking, and most people [tell me], ‘I don’t see much shaking.’ I have a little shaking, but not like Muhammad Ali or Michael J. Fox,” Favre said. “Mine is rigidity and stiffness. The problem with that is I have rigid and stiff joints on my right side – really on both sides, but the right side is bothering me. So the Parkinson’s is making it worse.

“I have a hard time swallowing. One of the doctors, out of the blue, said ‘How’s your swallowing?’

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