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Christina Applegate says she lies in bed ‘screaming’ because of ‘sharp pain’ from MS
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Christina Applegate says she lies in bed ‘screaming’ because of ‘sharp pain’ from MS

Christina Applegate said she lay in bed “screaming” because of “sharp pain” caused by her multiple sclerosis (MS).

On Tuesday’s episode of Her Podcast “MeSsy”“Married… With Children” alumna and her co-host, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, who also has MSspoke with guest Rory Kandel, a bakery owner who was diagnosed with the same chronic illness.

“I laid in bed screaming — like sharp pains, aches, tightness,” Applegate, 52, confessed during the show.

Christina Applegate has said she lies in bed “screaming” because of “sharp pain” caused by her multiple sclerosis (MS). Getty Images for the Critics Choice Association
“I was lying in bed screaming — like the sharp pains, the pain, this pressure,” the actress confessed during her “MeSsy” podcast. AFP via Getty Images

Kandel said she sometimes feels like she has “knives in my stomach,” adding, “I’ll stay in bed, I wake up and I physically can’t turn from side to side .”

“Do you feel that?” ” the baker asked the “Dead to Me” actress, who replied, “Every day of my life.” »

“Sometimes I can’t even pick up my phone because now it’s in my hands so I’ll try to go get my phone or get my remote to turn on the TV or sometimes I can’t even hold them .I can’t open the bottles now,” Applegate added.

Applegate said she “can’t even pick up my phone sometimes” because the pain has spread to her hands. WireImage
Applegate said she would compare the floor to lava because of the pain she felt when trying to get out of bed. AFP via Getty Images

The “Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy” star said there were days when his MS, a chronic illness that damages the central nervous system by attacking the protective layer around nerve fibers, was so painful that it “stayed in bed all the time”. .’

Applegate also compared the floor to lava because of the pain she felt when trying to get out of bed.

“I put my feet on the ground and they hurt extremely to the touch,” she explained.

MS is a chronic disease that damages the central nervous system by attacking the protective layer surrounding nerve fibers. Getty Images
Applegate, seen above with her daughter Sadie, in 2023, was diagnosed with MS in early 2021. Variety via Getty Images

“I was like, ‘Yeah. I’m going to go back to my bed and pee in my diaper because I don’t want to walk to the damn bathroom,'” she joked.

“I actually don’t lay down here and pee in my diaper. It’s just a joke. But it feels like it’s so painful and so hard and so embarrassing.

Applegate was diagnosed with MS early 2021.

In 2022, she revealed that “Dead to Me” would likely be her last acting role due to her declining health. Saeed Adyani / Netflix
The mum-of-one said she had to wear nappies and now walks with a cane. Getty Images for the Critics Choice Association

The mother-of-one spoke candidly about how MS has affected her health and career.

In 2022, Applegate revealed that ‘Dead to Me’ would probably be her last acting gig due to his declining health.

And in March, she revealed that she now had to wear diapers and has 30 lesions on his brain.