Jennie Garth has secretly living with a degenerative disease for years

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Insider on Thursday, May 5."I was like, I'm too young for arthritis," she recalled thinking when her orthopedic doctor identified the issue in 2019, which came after a series of tests, including X-rays and and MRI.Rather than letting the diagnosis get her down, the actress, now 50, looked at the cup as half full."It was just a new, interesting development in my maturing," she said. "You don't think of yourself as slowing down or anything stopping you from all the things you do every day."Early-onset osteoarthritis, a common form of degenerative disease, happens when cartilage wears down and fails to adequately protect the bone.

Although Jennie doesn't take any medication for her aches, she uses an over-the-counter gel to ease the pain. Plus, she stretches and stays active. "When you know what you're dealing with physically, there's always a workaround," she said. "I definitely don't let anything limit me."The mother-of-three detailed why she initially hid her diagnosis from the public, nothing, "I didn't want to be that person who talks about their ailments." Now, though, she wants destigmatize the disease that is most often associated with an older demographic."When you hear the word arthritis, you associate it with the elderly and people who are immobile who can't live an active life," she said.

That belief, Jennie says, is flat out wrong. Jessica Simpson reached almost two decades deep into her closet this week.The fashion mogul took to Instagram on Friday to show off her outfit — an outfit that we first saw on her in 2003!A post shared by Jessica Simpson (@jessicasimpson)"Fun fact- I wore this Gucci skirt promoting the first season of Newlyweds at 22yrs old on Craig Killburn," she wrote alongside the social media.