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Christina Applegateis setting her sights on a cure for multiple sclerosis this year.
TheDead to Mestar, 50, shared her goal for 2022 on Twitter Friday during an impromptu Q&A with her followers.
“My daughter just kicked me out because my breathing was annoying. Sooo. I’m bored. Any questions?” Applegatetweeted.
When a fan replied, “do you have any goals for 2022?,” Applegate — who wasdiagnosedwith MS last year — wrote back, “Cure for MS maybe?????”
“There’s no cure for multiple sclerosis,” theMayo Clinicsays of the central nervous system disease. “However, treatments can help speed recovery from attacks, modify the course of the disease and manage symptoms.”
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“It’s been a tough road,” she continued. “But as we all know, the road keeps going. Unless some asshole blocks it.”
In a follow-uptweet, Applegate added, “As one of my friends that has MS said, ‘we wake up and take the indicated action’. And that’s what I do. So now I ask for privacy. As I go through this thing. Thank you xo.”
Applegate has been open about her health battles throughout the years, including a 2008 breast cancer diagnosis. She later had a double mastectomy and had herovaries and fallopian tubesremoved in 2017. In 2018, she underwentsurgery-induced menopause. Applegate has also been vocal about her struggles withinsomnia.
The actresstold PEOPLEin 2018 that she uses her fame to help others feel less alone with their own health issues.
“If you do have a voice to do it, which we [as actors] are fortunate to have this platform to be like, ‘I am just like you, I can’t sleep, I feel like crap a lot of the time because of this, but I want you to feel okay with it and not feel shame about it and get information about it so that you can have a better quality of life,'” she said. “And same goes for my battle with cancer.”
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In November 2021, Applegatecelebratedher 50th birthday, which fell on Thanksgiving. Shewroteat the time, “Yup. I turned 50 today. And I have MS. It’s been a hard one.”
source: people.com
