Christina Applegate felt 'obligated' to finish Dead to Me despite MS struggle 'Can't walk'

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She said for some people, “there was the sense of, ‘Well, let’s get her some medicine so she can get better.’”“And there is no better.

But it was good for me,” she added. “I needed to process my loss of my life, my loss of that part of me.So I needed that time.”Speaking to the publication, Christina said finishing the series was the hardest thing she’s ever done, especially because the disease gave her a host of limitations, including serious weight gain. “This is the first time anyone’s going to see me the way I am,” the star said of her presence in the show’s third and final season, which arrives on Netflix on November 17.“I put on 40 pounds; I can’t walk without a cane.

I want people to know that I am very aware of all of that.”She publicly revealed her MS diagnosis last August, telling fans on Twitter that “it’s been a strange journey".“But I have been so supported by people that I know who also have this condition,” she wrote. “It’s been a tough road.

But as we all know, the road keeps going. Unless some a*****e blocks it.”Multiple sclerosis is a disease that severely affects the brain and spinal cord.Its symptoms can include weakness in the legs and body, fatigue, slurred speech, loss of vision and dizziness.It's a lifelong condition that can sometimes cause serious disability, although it can occasionally be mild.Symptoms can include fatigue, difficulty walking, vision problems and muscle stiffness, according to the NHS.Christina has been a firm fixture on TV and movie screens since the late 1980s.The then-15-year-old actress was cast as teenager Kelly Bundy, marking her breakthrough role, in Fox sitcom Married...