"Damn butcher": Ozzy Osbourne threatened permanent paralysis

A serious quad accident, Parkinson's, Corona - Ozzy Osbourne has hardly been spared in terms of health in recent years.

"Damn butcher": Ozzy Osbourne threatened permanent paralysis

A serious quad accident, Parkinson's, Corona - Ozzy Osbourne has hardly been spared in terms of health in recent years. In fact, everything could have been much worse, as he now reveals. Despite everything, he doesn't think about the rocker pension.

His comeback was as surprising as it was brilliant: on Monday, Ozzy Osbourne performed at the Commonwealth Games in his hometown of Birmingham together with Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi after a nearly two-year absence from the stage. The "Prince of Darkness" spoke openly to the British newspaper "The Sun" about the serious health problems that have plagued him for years. The 73-year-old also revealed that at times he even feared he would remain permanently paralyzed.

In 2003, the singer suffered a serious accident on his English country estate with a quad vehicle. Since then he has suffered from serious problems in the neck area. Since these were made worse by a fall three years ago, another operation on the spine was necessary.

"It's possible that you'll be paralyzed for the rest of your life," Osbourne said, looking back at the doctors who treated him at the time. In this context, he unflatteringly describes his surgeon at the time as a "damned butcher". After the procedure, he suffered "mortal agony," according to the singer.

Osbourne continues to explain that he has never had to stay in bed for such a long period of time as during the recovery phase at that time. This was also a difficult time for his wife Sharon. At the same time, Osbourne proclaims combatively: "I will go on tour again, even if it fucking kills me."

Osbourne went under the knife again this year because of his ongoing health problems. Fortunately, the renewed operations went much better, he reports: "Thank God I found the right surgeon who knows how to deal with spinal problems."

The two surgeries this year will help bring him "back to where he wants to be," Osbourne says. To get back on his feet, he does an hour of physical therapy every morning. This routine "seems slow".

Osbourne also announced in early January 2020 that he had Parkinson's disease. A corona infection added to the abundance in April 2022. Regarding his Parkinson's disease, Osbourne told The Sun that he "doesn't shake at all". His doctor told him, "I've seen all types of Parkinson's, but yours is the mildest ever."

Despite all the problems, Osbourne is apparently not thinking about the rocker pension. The release of his now 13th solo album "Patient Number 9" is planned for September 9th. "If I hadn't had anything to do with music, I would have freaked out," Ozzy says.