{"id":943294,"date":"2026-10-27T23:54:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T23:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/943294\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T23:54:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T23:54:18","slug":"christina-applegate-gives-a-raw-update-on-her-health-after-revealing-ms-misdiagnosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/943294\/","title":{"rendered":"Christina Applegate gives a raw update on her health after revealing MS misdiagnosis:"},"content":{"rendered":"

Christina Applegate has given an update on her health, a week after she revealed that she was misdiagnosed with MS since 2021<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The 54-year-old actress opened up in the latest episode of the MeSsy podcast<\/a>, which she co-hosts alongside Jamie Lynn Sigler<\/a> and reassured the MS community that she is \u201cstill your warrior\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Christina Applegate has given an update on her health after she was misdiagnosed with multiple sclerosis.\u00a0Getty Images<\/p>\n

“I’m still going to speak out on your behalf forever and ever,” she said on the latest episode of their podcast.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I still feel like part of this community and no matter what I love you.”<\/p>\n

When Sigler asked how she was doing now, Applegate noted she was feeling \u201cOK\u201d when it came to her health, but she\u2019s been overwhelmed by the support she\u2019s received since opening up about the misdiagnosis.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The pair started their podcast after both experiencing MS<\/a>, and despite the latest update on Applegate\u2019s health, the podcast will continue as is.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is just about our lives and the messiness of life in general. It was never meant to be solely MS focused,\u201d Sigler confirmed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Married\u2026 With Children star explained that the reaction to her misdiagnosis had confused plenty of listeners, but she admitted she felt the same way when she got the news.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cOn the daily, I don\u2019t even understand what the heck\u2019s going on, so I\u2019m sure that news coming to people, that\u2019s an adjustment,\u201d she explained.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of people are going, \u2018Oh snap, I should check this out.\u2019 But I never wanted to cause a hysteria in any way, shape or form.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Applegate stressed that she will still be a \u201cwarrior\u201d for the MS community despite the change in her diagnosis. \u00a0Instagram\/@christinaapplegate<\/p>\n

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Jamie-Lynn Sigler, who suffers from MS and co-hosts the postcast with her, praised Applegate for being so open about her health struggles. \u00a0Instagram\/@jamielynnsigler<\/p>\n

Sigler praised her for being so open about the misdiagnosis and that for how she has inspired listeners to be more alert when it comes to their health.\u00a0<\/p>\n

With no clear diagnosis for her ongoing health battles, Applegate shared an update on the issues she\u2019s currently facing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I actually timed it today. It took me 10 minutes to be able to move off my pillow and get out of the bed and stand up. I don’t know what’s going on. This is what I am still living with,” she explained.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Applegate said it was like \u201cliving in no-man\u2019s land\u201d and admitted it was overwhelming not knowing what she was suffering from, or if there\u2019s even a cure out there.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Applegate said it was like \u201cliving in no-man\u2019s land\u201d and admitted it was overwhelming not knowing what she was suffering from. \u00a0Getty<\/p>\n

As for her next steps to get answers, she will be seeing a rheumatologist and go from there.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“If that doesn’t come with any kind of results, then we’re going to go to a different specialist and then a different specialist,” she added.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThat starts to overwhelm me\u2026 I think I just have to go, all right, one step at a time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Earlier this month Applegate shared the shocking news that her doctors confirmed that she did not have MS and was misdiagnosed. <\/p>\n

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\u201cYou don\u2019t get misdiagnosed and then all of the sudden I\u2019m better,\u201d she explained. \u00a0Getty<\/p>\n

\u201c[My doctor] came into my room and said, \u2018Congratulations, you don\u2019t have MS,\u2019\u201d she recalled through tears.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI was, like, not happy at all. Everybody else was so happy.\u201d<\/p>\n

For Applegate, the new information on her health<\/a> has made things so much worse, leaving her with more questions than answers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cYou don\u2019t get misdiagnosed and then all of the sudden I\u2019m better,\u201d she explained in a previous episode of their podcast. \u00a0<\/p>\n

The Dead to Me star was originally diagnosed with MS in 2021, but now there will be an investigation into what is causing her health struggles.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s going to be an online investigation that my doctors are going to be getting into, just to find out what has been going on since 2021, why did this happen?\u201d she explained.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Christina Applegate has given an update on her health, a week after she revealed that she was misdiagnosed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":943295,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[64,63,134],"class_list":["post-943294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/943294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=943294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/943294\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/943295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=943294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=943294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=943294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}