Days of Our Lives star James Reynolds, who has played Abe Carver for 45 years, has revealed he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease — and it is being written into the long-running soap .

While speaking to Entertainment Tonight , the 80-year-old actor said that he received the diagnosis years ago, but initially planned on masking his symptoms on the set of the series.

However, there came a point where Reynolds could no longer hide the tremors and balance issues that come with the progressive, neurodegenerative movement disorder.

“Well, it kind of goes back to when I thought I was hiding it,” the Daytime Emmy-winning actor told ET in the interview released Tuesday. “The writers also wanted to incorporate because it was obvious. It was obvious.…