Christina Applegate’s MS journey reveals the challenge of misdiagnosis
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The Emmy Award–winning actress revealed that a multiple sclerosis diagnosis in 2021 was incorrect. It’s a surprisingly common experience, experts say

Her experience, while not the norm, is far from unusual, experts say.

Applegate disclosed the revelation on an episode of her podcast with Jamie Lynn Sigler, MeSsy, which centers on their lives with MS. (Sigler disclosed that she has relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis, or RRMS, in 2016.) “In January of 2021, I had numbness in my toes, and that numbness grew to all of my legs,” Applegate recalled on the podcast. “And then the pain started.”

  • Lumidaub@feddit.org
    25·
    20 days ago

    Every time a blood test comes back as “perfectly normal” I want to throw shit at people.

      • TheArtfulLlama@lemmy.zip
        31·
        19 days ago

        My BIL and I (a girl) both had terrible stomach issues, something I had been dealing with for almost 7 years before he got his issues. Within a year and a half he was diagnosed with severe celiac and kidney stones and is now perfectly pain free. Meanwhile I’ve now been dealing with my issues for 9 years, had a laporoscopy that helped a bit, and have a medication that helps most of the time, but I still get horrible flare ups now and then with my doctors shrugging their shoulders and telling me that’s life.

        I’m so happy for my BIL to be healed but I can’t help but be enraged that I’m still dealing with my issues with little to no answers.

      • 𝕱𝖎𝖗𝖊𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖈𝖍@lemmy.world
        3·
        20 days ago

        Literally what is happening to my partner right now. All the symptoms point to pots and it’s been going on for years but no one wants to diagnose her since her bloodwork is “healthy”. Meanwhile she can barely stand half the time and has to fight tooth and nail every time she needs a propananol refill

        • Malica@lemmy.zip
          6·
          20 days ago

          It’s incredibly common now and research suggests it could be caused by COVID. Anything to do with women and you get this sexist bullshit in medicine. I hope your partner can get her diagnosis soon, I wish you both the best of luck.