Christina Applegate has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Photo / Getty Images
Christina Applegate has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Photo / Getty Images
Actress Christina Applegate has revealed she has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.
The 49-year-old Anchorman actress took to Twitter to reveal the news to her fans.
"Hi friends. A few months ago I was diagnosed with MS," she tweeted.
She added, "It's been a strange journey. But I have beenso supported by people that I know who also have this condition. It's been a tough road. But as we all know, the road keeps going. Unless some asshole blocks it."
Hi friends. A few months ago I was diagnosed with MS. It’s been a strange journey. But I have been so supported by people that I know who also have this condition. It’s been a tough road. But as we all know, the road keeps going. Unless some asshole blocks it.
According to MS Australia, multiple sclerosis is "a condition of the central nervous system, interfering with nerve impulses within the brain, spinal cord and optic nerves. It is characterised by sclerosis, a Greek word meaning scars."
"These scars occur within the central nervous system and depending on where they develop, manifest into various symptoms."
It's not the first health battle Applegate has faced. In 2008 she had breast cancer and underwent surgery to have a double mastectomy.
She wrote her battle with breast cancer into her hit Netflix show Dead to Me.
"It's such a personal choice," she previously told USA Today. "I don't know what anyone's going to take away from that moment or scene, except for 'Wow, I felt that way, too, and I'm going to be OK'. Because you will. It's OK to admit that you feel that way."
Other stars who have been open about living with MS include Selma Blair, Jamie Lynn Sigler, and Jack Osbourne.
As one of my friends that has MS said “ we wake up and take the indicated action”. And that’s what I do. So now I ask for privacy. As I go through this thing. Thank you xo
