Ozzy Osbournebitter confession rocker Parkinsons disease - Ozzy Osbourne decided to cut with the many rumors about his health and surprised with a bitter confession.

The Prince of Darkness revealed he has Parkinson's disease and nerve pain after surgery that had to be done last year.

"It was the worst, longest, most painful and miserable year of my life," said the legendary ex-vocalist of Black Sabbath in an interview with the Good Morning America program of the American ABC network.

The BBC journalist who discovered he had Parkinson's after showing symptoms of the disease in a live broadcast

Osbourne, 71, said he currently has to live medicated and that due to the surgical intervention he was subjected to, he has limb problems.

In February of last year, the musician suffered a fall in the bathroom of his house in which his neck was seriously injured and for which he had to be operated.

Ozzy Osbournebitter confession rocker Parkinsons disease

"I remember being lying there thinking, 'well, that's it,'" he said.

Then came the diagnosis of Parkinson's, a neurodegenerative disease that affects the nervous system and causes movement disorder and other diseases.

The actuality

"I am not good with secrets," said the vocalist at the time of revealing his health problems.

Osbourne acknowledged feeling fortunate to be able to go abroad to visit different doctors, but added that it was very difficult to avoid not confessing his condition.

"Hiding something like that is difficult. You never feel good, you feel guilty," he said.

The musician had to suspend his performances last April because of his health complications.

And he said he does not know if the pains he now suffers are from Parkinson's or his nerve problems due to his fall and subsequent surgery.

"It is hard for me to expect to be well enough to return to the ring, that is what is killing me," he confessed.

The musician said that, for him, going on stage is his "real drug."

"That's my drug today. I already tried all the other crap, left it on the road, and survived," he said.

In the late 1960s, Osbourne founded Black Sabbath and remained in that band until the 1980s to start his solo career.

He is also known as "The Godfather of Heavy Metal" and has his space in the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame.
"It is not a death sentence"

Ozzy was accompanied by his wife during the television interview in which he told about his illness.

Sharon Osbourne, who is also a rocker's manager, said his partner's evil "is not a death sentence."

"But it does affect certain nerves in your body. And it's as if you had a good day, then another, and then a really bad one."

Both have planned a trip to Europe so that Osbourne can receive advanced treatment.

"We have reached a point in this country where we cannot go further because we have all the answers we can get here, so in April we will visit a teacher in Switzerland who specializes in the optimal immune system."

Ozzy added that, despite his difficult last year, he has not given up and will return to the stage.

"I'm not done yet and I'm not going yet."