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CLEVELAND (AP) Former Cleveland Browns star quarterback Bernie Kosar has been diagnosed with cirrhosis of the liver and Parkinsons disease, according to a story in The 60-year-old former player is on the list for a liver transplant, though University Hospitals hepatologist Anthony Post told the magazine that Kosar has improved since the year started. At the same time, he warned that liver disease can fluctuate.Another doctor, Cleveland Clinic chief wellne s officer Michael Roizen, told the magazine there is a more than 90% chance Kosar will need Cj Alexander Jersey a new liver.Kosar said he was also diagnosed with Parkinsons by an independent NFL doctor in February.ADVERTISEMENT The Youngstown, Ohio, native recalled being bothered by liver-related i sues for years but brushed them off because he wasnt sure of the source. A diagnosis of cirrhosis about 16 months ago confirmed the specificity and severity of his condition.My body gave out on me," Kosar told the magazine, recalling an episode last December while attending a Browns home game against the New York Jets. I really felt like I wasnt going to make it home from the Jets game. I sucked it up, though, and continued to avoid the doctors until the new year.Then I went into the hospital and got a ma sive blood transfusion. It was like: How are you alive? How are you moving? Because your hemoglobin levels are so low."Kosar became sick again while traveling to the Super Bowl in Las Vegas and was hospitalized for several days.___AP NFL coverage: Dermis Garcia Jersey