Christina Applegate hospitalized more than 30 times in MS battle
Applegate first revealed her diagnosis in 2021
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Christina Applegate is getting candid about the side effects of living with multiple sclerosis (MS).
During a recent episode of "MeSsy," the podcast she shares with actress Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Applegate revealed that she has been hospitalized "upwards of 30 times" due to intense MS symptoms.
"For three years, since I was diagnosed, I’ve been in the hospital upwards of 30 times from throwing up and diarrhea and pain," the 53-year-old actress said. "That is unimaginable, OK? They’ve done every test known to man on me, put so much radiation into my body from CT scans to everything else."
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Christina Applegate has been honest about living with MS since receiving her diagnosis in June 2021. (Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for Critics Choice Association)
"One of the things with MS is that it slows down our organs, you know, not like completely, but there is a slowing of the function of your organs," she continued. "I have noticed that — and I’m going to be really honest — if I have to poop, I puke."
"My neuro doesn’t — God bless her — says that’s not an MS thing," Applegate added. "So, I’m sorry, there’s got to be a correlation here, and I’m not a doctor. I’m not giving medical advice. I’m just saying, just think about that, OK? Because I’m in the middle of the same exact situation, and it f---ing sucks, and it’s scary."
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"Always have a little trash can next to your toilet. Because you can do both without it being messy," Applegate joked. "I had one yesterday."
A representative for Applegate did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
The 53-year-old actress said she has been hospitalized "upwards of 30 times" due to intense side effects of MS. (Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images)
CHRISTINA APPLEGATE ADDRESSES FUTURE AS AN ACTRESS AMID MS DIAGNOSIS
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Applegate revealed her diagnosis on X in 2021.
"Hi friends. A few months ago I was diagnosed with MS," she wrote.
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"It's been a strange journey. But I have been so supported by people that I know who also have this condition," Applegate continued. "It's been a tough road. But as we all know, the road keeps going. Unless some a--hole blocks it."
Since her diagnosis, Christina Applegate has been open about the challenges she has faced. (Phillip Faraone/Getty Images)
In a separate post, she added, "As one of my friends that has MS said, 'We wake up and take the indicated action.' And that's what I do."
Last year, Applegate openly discussed the "real depression" she faces on a daily basis.
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Last year, Christina Applegate revealed her MS diagnosis had put her into a "deep depression." (John Shearer/Getty Images for ABA)
"I'm in a depression right now, which I don't think I've felt that for years," said Applegate. "Like a real, f--- it all depression where it's kind of scaring me a little bit because it feels really fatalistic. I'm trapped in this darkness right now that I haven't felt like... I don't even know how long, probably 20-something years,"
"This is being really honest... I don't enjoy living. I don't enjoy it. I don't enjoy things anymore," she added.
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