Christina Applegate revealed she has gained 40 pounds since being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.The 50-year-old actress — who shared her diagnosis in August 2021 — reflected on the struggles she experienced while filming the final season of her Netflix show, Dead to Me, amid her battle.'This is the first time anyone's going to see me the way I am.
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 said in a new interview with The New York Times.
Going through changes: Christina Applegate revealed that she gained 40 pounds since being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis; (L) Pictured in December 2021, (R) pictured 2019Applegate was diagnosed with MS while in production on the final season of the show, which then took a five month break that that she could begin her treatment.
Multiple sclerosis is a disease in which the immune system eats away at the protective covering of nerves, and interrupts the flow of information between the brain and the body.
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