Ozzy Osbourne is still recovering from major surgery and dealing with complications from PRKN 2, but it appears he is still determined to return to the live stage. According to The Sun, the frontman is even considering the possibility of performing in a wheelchair.

Someone who is said to be a friend of the singer told The Sun the following:

“Ozzy is refusing to give up on his hope of getting on stage despite his statement last month. He has declared: ‘I am gonna fucking get back on stage.’ He still has issues with his balance and cannot stand unaided for long periods of time on his legs. It frustrates him that doing a full-90 minute show, filled with his famous stage stomping and crowd interactive moves, is off the table. But he is considering doing gigs in a throne, like what Axl did in 2016 with Guns N’ Roses. He was really impressed by that move. And he feels Phil [Collins] showed that audiences do resonate with you.

Ozzy worries that he may not be able to sit still, which could be challenging. But there is talk of bringing in some special effects and even stage machinery to have the chair move around. He feels a lot of options are on the table, but Oz is not ruling out Vegas or L.A. runs.

That is Ozzy’s determination. However, Sharon is concerned about her husband being put through a heavy duty work load around gigs. Firstly, she has deep concerns about his balance and wants him to get back to walking properly, before even discussing comebacks. And she is particularly worried about him losing his balance and suffering injuries. Oz has spoken too about Sharon’s fears of his Parkinson’s condition prompting him to suffer falls like Michael J Fox.”

During a recent appearance on his SiriusXM station, “Ozzy’s Boneyard,” Ozzy Osbourne shared a new health update. The frontman, who seemingly announced his retirement from touring amid his continued recovery from major surgery and complications from his battle with PRKN 2, says he is not punching out just yet.

Osbourne had the following exchange with host Billy Morrison [via The PRP]:

Billy Morrison: Everyone’s gonna be wanting to know what’s with the touring thing?

Ozzy Osbourne: Well, I’ve been working my guts out to try and get back on my feet. I’ve come to the point where Sharon says to me, ‘you know what, the truth of the marriage, you can’t keep booking tours and failing, cancelling.’

Morrison: Right, yeah.

Osbourne: So, if I can ever get back to where I can tour again, fine. But right now, if you said to me, ‘can you go on the road in a month?’ I couldn’t say yes. I mean, if I could tour I’d tour. But right now I can’t book tours because right now, I don’t think I could pull them off.

Morrison: Right. And medically, you just don’t know how you’re gonna be. I mean everyone’s like, ‘oh my God, Ozzy‘s retiring’ and I knew it wasn’t that.

Osbourne: This fucking press drive you nuts. I mean, I, I looked in the magazine, ‘Ozzy‘s on his last legs,’ I’m fucking not dying.

Morrison: Well, I’m, I’m sitting next to him and he’s definitely not on his last legs. He’s on the same pair of legs that he’s had since I’ve known him.

Osbourne: Come on, guys. Haven’t I’ve had it bad enough already? If I get okay today. If the doctor said to me today, ‘oh, you can tour.’ It would take another six months to get it together, you know?

Morrison: Of course. Of course. And I think what it is, everyone who listens to this show knows if you could, you would.

Osbourne: You’ve got no idea. You got no idea what my, I feel like a one-legged man in a butt kicking contest.

Morrison: Yeah.

Osbourne: The only thing I’ve got that keeps me going is making records. But I can’t do that forever. I gotta get out there. You know, it’s like, I don’t even know the fucking….

Morrison: And, and let’s face it, there’s other ways to get out there. There’s residencies where…

Osbourne: The Vegas thing’s okay but…

Morrison: Well, no, but you could do stuff in LA where it’s down the street. The thing that people don’t understand about touring, it’s not the 90 minutes where you’re standing on a stage. It’s the travel.

Osbourne: [I’m] still in constant pain. I do to the best I can to stay away from the pain medication, but there are times when I go, ‘you know, I’ve gotta take something.’

Morrison: Well, constant pain is something that is debilitating. It wears you down.

Osbourne: I mean, last week I couldn’t, I’ve been sleeping great and all sudden for two back to back nights. I never slept a wink. If you gotta torture me, just keep me a awake for a couple of days. I’ll tell you whatever the fuck you want me to say.

Morrison: ‘It was him over there.’