Christina Applegate has found herself “screaming” in pain due to her health struggles.
The 52-year-old star bravely shared on the ‘MeSsy’ podcast just how much her debilitating multiple sclerosis condition is affecting her daily life. She said: “I lay in bed screaming – like, the sharp pains, the ache, that squeezing.”
The diagnosis came in 2021, and since then, the effects on her central nervous system have made even simple tasks a challenge.
Christina confided that now even picking up her phone or handling the TV remote is a struggle: “I can’t even pick up my phone sometimes because now it’s travelled into my hands, so I’ll, like, try to go get my phone or get my remote to turn on the TV or sometimes, I can’t even hold them. I can’t open bottles now.”
Her mornings are marked by intense discomfort, with Christina describing how stepping onto her bedroom floor causes excruciating pain: “I put my feet on the ground and they’re hurting, like, extraordinarily bad to the touch. I was like, yep. Gonna get back in my bed and pee in my diaper because I don’t feel like walking all the way to the damn bathroom. “
Despite the stark reality, Christina maintains her sense of humour, clarifying that the comment about using a bed diaper was just a jest: “I actually don’t lay here and pee in my bed diaper. That’s just a joke. But it’s like it’s so freaking painful and so hard and so awkward.”
She previously made it known to her friends about the extent of her physical limitations as she navigates this challenging period.
On the ‘MeSsy’ podcast, she stated: “I always say, sure, if you want to go to lunch, just know – and you have to know this and you can’t be mad at me – that if right before you come to pick me up, if I say can’t do it, you can’t be mad. It’s my little disclaimer.”
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
