Photos of Christina Applegate on the set of her hit Netflix series Dead To Me show the health struggles the actress has been dealing with since her multiple sclerosis diagnosis.
It comes after Applegate gave her a candid new interview The New York Times this week, in which he detailed the effects that chronic autoimmune disease has had on his body. He said he couldn’t walk without a cane and the crew members needed their “legs up.”
“This is the first time anyone will see me as I am. I gained 40 pounds (18 kg); I can’t walk without a cane. I want people to know that I’m very aware of all of this,” she told the network, explaining that she was determined to finish filming. dead to me despite his health difficulties.
“He had an obligation. The powers that be were like, ‘Let’s stop.’ We don’t have to finish it. Let’s put a few episodes together [with previously recorded footage].’ I said no. We will do it, but we will do it on my terms,’” he said.
He said that at first it was difficult for him to understand the gravity of his situation.
“There was a sense of, ‘Well, let’s give him some medicine so he can get better,'” he said of his initial diagnosis. “It doesn’t get any better.”
Applegate first went public with her diagnosis in August of last year, telling her fans via Twitter: “Hi friends. I was diagnosed with MS a few months ago. It’s been a strange journey. But I they’ve supported so many people that I know have this disease too. It’s been a tough road. But as we all know, the road goes on. Unless some hole blocks it.”
According to MS Australia, multiple sclerosis is “a condition of the central nervous system, which interferes with nerve impulses within the brain, spinal cord and optic nerves. It is characterized by sclerosis, a Greek word meaning scarring “.
“These scars occur within the central nervous system and, depending on where they develop, manifest in various symptoms.”
It’s not the first health battle Applegate has faced. In 2008 she had breast cancer and underwent surgery for a double mastectomy.
One person who might know what Applegate is going through as she deals with MS: fellow actress Selma Blair, who co-starred in the 2002 comedy hit. The Sweetest Thing.
Blair revealed in 2018 that he had been diagnosed with MS, and has since publicly supported his friend and former colleague as he deals with the same condition.
Applegate told fans last week that she is preparing to re-enter public life, gearing up for her first major public event since being diagnosed.
“I have a very important ceremony coming up,” he wrote next to a piece of five different canes.
“This will be my first time since then [being] diagnosed with MS. Canes are now part of my new normal,” she continued, telling fans to “stay tuned to see which ones make the cut for a week of stuff.”
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