Ozzy Osbourne underwent spinal surgery in 2019 (Image: Getty)
believes his endless health problems are down to a surgery he had in 2019.
The musician, who turns 76 today (December 3), has previously admitted to undergoing “seven surgeries in the past five years” and continues to see medical practitioners to treat symptoms of .
One of those operations took place five years ago after the Black Sabbath singer suffered a fall in the middle of the night at his LA home.
When Ozzy crashed to his bathroom floor, he believed he was paralysed and called out to wife for help.
He said: “I saw this big white flash when I hit the floor, and I thought, ‘You’ve finally done it now’. I knew it was bad, I thought I was paralysed, so very calmly I said, ‘Sharon, I can’t move. I think I’ve done my neck. Phone an ambulance.”
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Ozzy believes the surgery was the catalyst for his recent health problems (Image: Getty Images)
The fall also aggravated damage to his neck and back, caused by an injury he picked up during a quad-bike crash in 2003.
Some of the metal rods that were placed in his back as a result of this accident were dislodged during the spinal surgery in 2019.
Although Ozzy’s Parkinson’s has often been held accountable for his problems, he confided to The Sun that it was actually that surgery.
“I mean, when I came off the quad bike in 2003, I still did tours and I had Parkinson’s back then. It was THAT f——g surgery,” he said.
Reflecting on the spinal surgery, Ozzy remarked: “I went to the doctor’s and you assume everybody knows what they’re doing. My son Jack has a video of me going into surgery, saying, ‘I’ll see you in a few minutes’. I haven’t walked properly since.”
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Ozzy thinks he only has 10 years left to live (Image: Getty)
The quad-biking accident, which took place in Buckinghamshire left him with a broken neck vertebra. Ozzy also snapped his collarbone and damaged his ribs.
In an interview with in 2023, the Prince of Darkness opened up about how long he thinks he has left to live.
He told the outlet: “I said to Sharon that I’d smoked a joint recently and she said, ‘What are you doing that for! It’ll f—ing kill you!’ I said, ‘How long do you want me to f—ing live for?!’”
“At best and when you’re older, time picks up speed,” he continued. “Me and Sharon had our 41st wedding anniversary recently, and that’s just unbelievable to me!”