Cristina Applegate It is Jamie-Lynn Sigler are opening up about their lives since being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) in a way they never have before. In an intimate encounter with Good Morning AmericaRobin Roberts, Applegate, 52, and Sigler, 42, reflected on the bond they developed over the incurable disease, which Applegate was diagnosed with in 2021, and Sigler was diagnosed with in 2001.
Applegate first came public with her diagnosis in August 2021. The actress, then 49, shared the news on Twitter, writing, “Hi friends. A few months ago I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. It’s been a strange journey. But I’ve been so supported by people I know who also have this condition. It’s been a difficult road. But as we all know, the path continues. Unless some idiot blocks it.”
After revealing her multiple sclerosis, Applegate – who started in the entertainment industry as a baby – was found a wave of supportincluding her The sweetest thing co-star, Selma Blair, who was also diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2018, as well as Josh Gad, Sean Maguire and many others.
As Applegate explains to Roberts, her multiple sclerosis diagnosis was discovered after she was unable to walk on her own while filming the final season of her hit Netflix show, Dead to me.
“My symptoms started in early 2021 and it was literally tingling in my toes,” recalls Applegate. “And when we started filming, in the summer of that same year, I was being wheeled to set in a wheelchair. Like, I couldn’t walk that far.”
Applegate credits Blair with urging her to get tested for the disease. “She said, ‘You need to get tested for multiple sclerosis,’ and I said, ‘No.’ I said, “Really? The odds? We both in the same movie? Come on, that’s not going to happen – that doesn’t happen,’” shares Applegate, adding of Blair: “She knew. If it weren’t for her, it could have been much worse.”
It wasn’t the first time that Applegate, who shares 13-year-old daughter Sadie with husband Martyn LeNoble, has battled a health issue. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2008, and had a double mastectomy the same year. Applegate Foundation, Right Action for Womenoffers free MRIs to high-risk women.
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