‘Mom can’t do everything she used to do’: ‘Married with Children’ star suffers from multiple sclerosis

Multiple sclerosis is rarely fatal. It would only reduce life expectancy by 5 to 10 years. But this disease seriously degrades the daily lives of affected patients. Proof of this is with actress Christina Applegate, star of the sitcom “Married with Two Children”.

In an interview with the magazine, the 54-year-old actress, whose multiple sclerosis was diagnosed in 2021, revealed that she spent a large part of her days in bed due to pain.

“My life is not a fairy tale”

The one who published her memoirs entitled “You, with sad eyes” got up in particular to take her 15-year-old daughter to school, her “favorite activity” in her own words. “It’s the only time we’re alone. I say to myself: Just get him to his destination safely and get home so you can go back to bed “, she says.

“I see my daughter looking at me when I’m in bed and I can’t really move,” regrets the actress. Mom can’t do everything she used to, and I see it in her eyes. »

Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease that disrupts communication between the brain and the rest of the body. It often makes walking and moving more difficult and, in some cases, can lead to paralysis of the legs.

“My life is not a fairy tale,” summarizes Christina Applegate. People’s lives are really crap sometimes. So I try to be as honest and authentic as possible. » To occupy her days, the actress now devotes herself mainly to dubbing and hosts a podcast on multiple sclerosis with her friend and fellow actress Jamie-Lynn Sigler, who also suffers from this disease.