Christina Applegate says her “legs are done” in a brand new well being replace on her life with a number of sclerosis. The Dead to Me star opened up about her present painful relapse of signs in a brand new episode of her MeSsy podcast on Tuesday, April 2, titled “The Power of Now.”
“I’m in relapse right now, pretty bad,” she shared within the episode. Applegate co-hosts the podcast with Jamie-Lynn Sigler. Applegate defined her relapse signs to her co-host, saying that her legs are in intense ache.
This makes what ought to be easy duties like strolling to the lavatory and troublesome endeavor for the actor, who additionally described feeling tingling sensations down the decrease half of her physique and eye actions that make sleep troublesome to return by. Because of the issue to maneuver, Applegate revealed she hasn’t showered in three weeks. She as an alternative has been counting on different bathing strategies.
“I haven’t slept for 24 hours because my eye is doing something weird, where every time I close my eye to go to sleep, my right eye starts to shift like this,” Applegate stated.
In a heartbreaking admission, Applegate stated she’s been experiencing an absence of help from her medical workforce throughout this relapse of signs, a problem she intends to handle as rapidly as doable.
Her legs are inflicting her essentially the most grief presently. “My legs have never been this bad, so I don’t know what’s going on, like, no energy, legs are just done, like, can’t get circulation, I can’t get them to stop hurting,” Applegate shared.
Applegate was final seen in a shock look on the 2024 Emmy Awards on Sunday, January 15. She walked with a cane onstage, with host Anthony Anderson escorting her to the rostrum. She obtained a standing ovation from the viewers as she made her manner downstage, a second that introduced Applegate to tears.
Applegate revealed her M.S. analysis in August 2021 and has since retired from performing.