Christina Applegate makes no secret of the terrible symptoms she endures on a daily basis. During the latest episode of her podcast MesSy, which she co-hosts with Jamie-Lynn Sigler, also suffering from multiple sclerosis, the actress gave a poignant testimony about her life with the disease.
“I just lay in bed screaming,” she said. “Jamie and I have different symptoms – everyone has different manifestations. I lie there screaming. These are sharp pains, with the sensation of being compressed. »
A daily fight
Along with Rory Kandel, owner of a bakery, who also suffers from multiple sclerosis, Christina Applegate detailed the difficulties she encounters with certain everyday actions.
“I can't even hold my phone sometimes, because now it's reached my hands,” the star explained. Married, two children. “I try to grab my phone or my remote and sometimes I can't even hold them. I can't open bottles now. »
A disease that is all the more insidious because it remains invisible to others. “This is the ‘beauty’ of this invisible illness,” the actress concluded bitterly.