July 31 (UPI) -- Pop singer and actor Justin Timberlake has revealed that he is suffering from a "debilitating" case of Lyme disease during his Forget Tomorrow World Tour, he announced on social media.
In an Instagram post Thursday, Timberlake said he wanted to "shed some light" on his battle and what he has been going through since his recent diagnosis.
"Living with this can be relentlessly debilitating both mentally and physically," he wrote in the social media post. "When I first got the diagnosis I was shocked for sure. But at least I could understand why I would be onstage and in a massive amount of nerve pain or just feeling crazy fatigue and sickness."
Timberlake, 44, who is typically reserved about sharing personal details, said he was faced with the difficult decision to stop touring or push through the pain the disease was causing, and ultimately decided to stay on the road because "the joy that performing brings me far outweighs the fleeting stress my body was feeling."
"I'm so glad I kept going," he wrote.
