Dan Marino built his name as one of the toughest quarterbacks to ever step on an NFL field. He stared down blitzing linebackers, shook off sacks, and kept throwing touchdowns. But his biggest fight didn’t come on the gridiron. It came in a doctor’s office.
A Shocking Diagnosis
In 2007, Marino walked into what he thought was just a regular check-up. He’d been feeling “a little fatigued,” nothing major. That’s when doctors gave him news that stopped him cold. He was living with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) – a disease many still call fatty liver.
This isn’t some fringe diagnosis. MASH impacts one out of every 20 Americans. That’s around 15 million people walking around with fat piling up in their liver, often without knowing it. Left untreated, the condition can snowball into cirrhosis and even cancer.
Marino Refuses to Back Down
Most people would panic at that kind of news. But Marino chose the same attitude that helped him carve his name into NFL record books.
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