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Christina Applegate Detailed The Early Symptoms Of MS She Shrugged Off As "Being Tired" Before Her Official Diagnosis
"By the time we started shooting [<i>Dead to Me</i>] in the summer of that same year, I was being brought to set in a wheelchair. Like, I couldn't walk that far."
According to the Mayo Clinic, multiple sclerosis "attacks the protective sheath (myelin) that covers nerve fibers and causes communication problems between your brain and the rest of your body. Signs and symptoms of MS "vary widely between patients and depend on the location and severity of nerve fiber damage in the central nervous system." The duo have now started a podcast together called MeSsy where they talk about "the curveballs that life can throw...theirs just happens to be MS," per the show's official log line.
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