Ellen DeGeneres Discusses Three Medical Diagnoses She's Received
justjared.comEllen DeGeneres is opening up about her health. The 66-year-old comedian revealed three medical diagnoses that she’s received during her new Netflix special For Your Approval.
She shared some specifics about each of them and what doctors and health experts have told her. Keep reading to find out more… According to reporting by People, Ellen was diagnosed with “full-on osteoporosis,” which affects a person’s bones.
She added that she “may have OCD” and has ADD. “I don’t even know how I’m standing up right now. I’m like a human sandcastle.
I could disintegrate in the shower,” said in reference to her osteoporosis. “It’s hard to be honest about aging and seem cool.” She explained that she went to a doctor after experiencing “excruciating pain.” “I thought I tore a ligament or something and I got an MRI and they said, ‘No, it’s just arthritis,’” she recalled. “I said, ‘How did I get that?’ And he said, ‘Oh it just happens at your age.’” Ellen said that a therapist mentioned she might have OCD during a session. “I may have OCD because a therapist said so and I said, ‘Yes I am very organized,’ because I thought that was the O,” she said. “I didn’t know what OCD was.
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