Ozzy Osbourne, 74, admits he’s got ‘at best 10 years left’ and has been left ‘virtually crippled’ from multiple back surgeries where doctors found a tumour in his spine
Ozzy Osbourne has revealed that he doesn’t want to live a “long, miserable existence” and that he has “at best ten years left” of his life.
Despite this, the 74-year-old rocker has insisted there is still plenty of life left in him and it ‘sucks him off’ to see reports that he is ‘fighting his final battle’.
Talked candidly about his health in a conversation Rolling Stone, Great BritainOzzy, who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2003, further revealed that doctors found a tumor in his spine during a fourth surgery on his back after a fall in 2019.
He explained, “I’m not afraid of dying, but I don’t want to live a long, painful, miserable existence.” I like the idea that if you have a terminal illness you can go to a place in Switzerland and get it done quickly. I watched my father die of cancer.
“But look, I told Sharon I smoked a joint the other day and she said, ‘What are you doing that for? It’ll fucking kill you!’ I said, “How long do you fucking want me to live?!” At best I still have ten years left and when you’re older, time goes by faster. Sharon and I recently celebrated 41 years of marriage, which I think is incredible!’
Health concerns: Ozzy Osbourne, 74, admits he has ’10 years left at best’ and has been left ‘virtually crippled’ by multiple back surgeries (pictured last week)
A good feeling: Despite this, the rocker has insisted there is still plenty of life left in him and it ‘sucks him off’ when he sees reports that he is ‘fighting his last battle’ (pictured in 2018)
Describing the series of operations he recently underwent following his fall in 2019, he confessed: ‘It really shocked me. The second surgery went drastically wrong and left me virtually crippled.
‘I thought I would be able to get going again after the second and third, but during the last one they put a rod in my spine. They found a tumor in one of the vertebrae, so they had to dig all of that out too. It’s pretty heavy, man, and my balance is all messed up.”
Last year he underwent “life-changing” surgery to remove and realign a series of pins in his neck and back following a 2003 quad bike accident.
In September, Ozzy revealed on his family’s podcast, The Osbournes Podcast, that another surgery was planned.
He said, ‘My lower back is, I’m going for an epidural soon because what’s happening, what they’ve discovered is that the neck has been repaired, under the neck there are two vertebrae where the bike hit me and fell apart, there’s nothing left theirs,’
His son Jack Osbourne asked, “Do they fuse disks?”
Ozzy explained that he “didn’t know” what the medical professionals were going to do, but said, “All I know right now is that I’m in a lot of pain, I’m in a lot of discomfort.”
He recently said he is “struggling” with his health issues and recently had a filter removed from his vein.
Struggle: Ozzy, who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2003, spoke candidly about his health before revealing doctors had found a tumor in his spine (pictured earlier this month)
Candid: Ozzy revealed his wife Sharon had scolded him for smoking a joint because it would ‘kill him’, to which he replied ‘at best I’ve got 10 years left’ (pictured together in 2020)
Earlier this year the threat of blood clots affecting his major organs was reduced, with him admitting he was desperate to ‘get on with his life’.
On his Ozzy Speaks SiriusXM channel, he said, “I’m fighting through it, like last Monday, I went to have a filter removed.
When I had the blood clots in my legs, they put a filter in your vein to prevent the blood clots from going to your heart and brain. It sounds worse than it is. So on Monday I went to have it removed.
“The blood clots have you all stuck. It’s just disappointment after disappointment. Get this thing done so I can get on with my life.
Ozzy admitted he is in “constant pain” and added: “I feel like a man with one leg in a kicking ass match. The only thing that keeps me going is making records. But I can’t do that forever.
‘I have to get out of there. I’m still in constant pain. I’m doing my best to stay off the pain medication.’