Sharon Osbourne Thanks Fans for ‘Overwhelming’ Support After Ozzy Osbourne’s Surgery: He’s ‘On the Road to Recovery’

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Making progress. Sharon Osbourne shared an update on husband Ozzy Osbourne‘s health after previously revealing he had a “very major operation.”The 69-year-old TV personality uploaded a statement via her Instagram Story on Tuesday, June 14. “Our family would like to express so much gratitude for the overwhelming amount of love and support leading up to Ozzy’s surgery!” Sharon wrote. “Ozzy is doing well and on the road to recovery!”She added a prayer emoji, concluding, “Your love means the world to him.”The update came less than one week after the America’s Got Talent judge told viewers of The Talk UK about Ozzy’s operation. “It’s really going to determine the rest of his life,” she said of the 73-year-old musician on Friday, June 10, without describing the surgery in great detail.The Black Sabbath performer has experienced a few setbacks with his health, revealing in January 2020 that he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease the previous year. “It’s been terribly challenging for us all,” he said on Good Morning America. “I did my last show New Year’s Eve at The Forum.

Then I had a bad fall. I had to have surgery on my neck, which screwed all my nerves.”Ozzy went on to describe the symptoms he experienced ahead of receiving his official diagnosis. “I got a numbness down [my] arm for the surgery, my legs keep going cold,” he recalled. “I don’t know if that’s the Parkinson’s or what, you know, but that’s … the problem.

Because they cut nerves when they did the surgery. I’d never heard of nerve pain, and it’s a weird feeling.”Amid his challenges, Sharon has stood by Ozzy’s side. “There’s so many different types of Parkinson’s,” she explained in January 2020. “It’s not a death sentence by any stretch of the imagination, but