Christina Applegate, on Twitter, shared her multiple sclerosis diagnosis and said she is grateful to the people, who also have this condition, for their support.
Emmy winner Christina Applegate says she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) a few months ago.
“Hi, friends. A few months ago I was diagnosed with MS,” the 49-year-old actor said in a tweet on Tuesday. Calling it a “strange journey”, Applegate said she is grateful to the people, who also have this condition, for their support.
Multiple sclerosis is a potentially disabling disease of the brain and spinal cord. There is no cure yet for this condition, but many people are able to manage their symptoms after diagnosis.
The actor, who stars in Netflix’s dark tragicomedy series Dead to Me, was previously diagnosed with breast cancer on 3 August 2008.
Later in the month, it was announced that Applegate was cancer-free after a double mastectomy, though cancer was found in only one breast.
She explained that she turned to a companion who also has a neurological condition that can damage nerve cells and disrupt the nervous system’s ability to function properly for advice on how to manage and live with it.
“As one of my friends that has MS said ‘we wake up and take the indicated action.’ And that’s what I do,” she added. “So now I ask for privacy. As I go through this thing. Thank you.
People write to me asking how I do it,” Blair said at the time. “I will do my best.”
Applegate previously underwent a double mastectomy following a breast cancer diagnosis in 2008, while she was starring on the ABC sitcom Samantha Who? She first rose to prominence through her lead roles in films like 1991’s Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead and on the Fox sitcom Married with Children.
Her continued success includes her part as Jen Harding in the Netflix dramedy Dead to Me, for which she also serves as an executive producer. The program is currently in production on its third and final season at the streaming service.