Recently, Christina Applegate gave a difficult update on her MS health condition, but regrettably, this is by far the first time she has had to deal with a physical crisis.
At the age of 36, the mother-of-one was diagnosed with breast cancer. Following a lumpectomy, she received the heartbreaking news that she carried the BRCA1 genetic mutation (a gene which is associated with an increased risk of both breast and ovarian cancer).
The drastic decision to have a double mastectomy was taken by Christina, 51. “It started extremely quickly. When I woke up, it was one of those things that just felt right “She spoke to CNN.
“I didn’t want to have to cope with this again, was all that came across. I don’t want to continue ingesting that material. I simply want to finish this,’ and I was prepared to let them go.”
Although it was a very emotional process, she was somewhat familiar with it because her mother had gone through it back in the 1970s.
Christina acknowledged that “they didn’t do a very good job back then” during her mother’s surgery, but those visions just heightened her anxiety.
The Dead to Me actress, though, was certain of what she wanted to achieve and didn’t want to wait.
She told the television channel, “It may be quite unpleasant. You go through both a grieving and a mourning phase since a part of you has died.
She claimed she used to cry every day at first, but with time she started using what she had gone through to support others.
She has stated, “This is my chance now to go out and fight as hard as I can for early detection.”
Now that Christina is talking openly about her MS challenges, she acknowledges that she wishes she had paid closer attention to the symptoms earlier.
Prior to learning she had MS in 2021, Christina acknowledged that she had started feeling symptoms including numbness and tingling in her limbs years earlier but had no idea they were related to the illness.
She told the New York Times in an interview, “I wish I had paid attention. But how could I have known?
Once identified, Christina acknowledged: “A feeling of “Well, let’s get her some medicine so she can get better” may be felt. And there is nothing superior. But I found it beneficial. I had to come to terms with losing my life and that aspect of me.”
