It was the first sign of the star of MS "Sopranos" Jamie-Lynn Sigler noticed
The actor has kept his diagnosis a secret for nearly 15 years.
During most of the '00, actorJamie-Lynn Sigler Starred like meadow, the firstborn and the troubled child of Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini), in the Hog Hob series,Sopranos. At the height of his actor career, in the middle of the show race, she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS). Initially, the star has kept its diagnosis a secret and continued to fightneurological disease in private for about 15 years. She has publicly revealed that she had the MS in 2016 and was a vocal defender for people as she since. In discussing his experiences, Sigler also shared the first sign she noticed that something was wrong, leading her to see a doctor and possibly learn from her condition. To learn more about the 40-year-old Actor's 40-year history and the way it handles it today, read it.
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Sigler felt heavily and tingling in his leg.
In 2002, when she was 20 years old, Sigler returned home after filming an episode ofSopranos And went to take a shower. By walking, she felt an intense and strange sensation in her leg.
"It was that feeling just before getting pins and needles, this strange tingling, like your dormant legs," she saidWebmd in 2016. Sigler experienced a similar feeling when she hadLyme disease In 2001. "I did not know if it was a relapse or what it was," she continued.
After a night at the hospital, the Singler was told by a doctor that she hasMRSA central nervous system disease that disrupts communication between the brain and the rest of the body.
According to the national society of the MS, the numbness or the feeling of your member being "sleepormi" is acommon symptom ms. The other commonly observed symptoms include fatigue, vision problems and the difficulty of walking.
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Sigler "was denied" about his MS until his symptoms agreed.
Immediately after his diagnosis, Sigler did not experience any symptoms. While speakingToCharm In 2016, the actor admitted that she "was denied" on the disease. "I did not take my medication. I did not want to live a life to think about the MS because I was not symptomatic," she explained.
In 2005, in the midst of his divorce of his husband of two, actorAJ DISCALA, Sigler began to feel new effects of its sp. At WebMD, she noted that she had problems of equilibrium and bladder, as well as feeling weak on her right side. As the management of these symptoms has become more difficult, Sigler contacted a health professional in the entertainment industry for help.
"He told me," I'm going to pretend you never tell me that you had the south, and you never went to say anyone at work. You will be shot. Nobody will hire you. People will judge you. Keep him between us, '"She told Webmd.
She took this extreme board and hid his sm at work by blaming his pain on a bare back and Lyme disease. HerSopranos co-starEdie Falco Even visited sigler to the hospital without knowing that MS was the reason for its being there. "When I discovered that she had south, she broke my heart," Falco recalled to Webmd. "Just know how much he had to step forward."
Sigler has kept his private diagnosis outside of work. She noted to Webmd she "never involved anyone in the life of life [she]", who took a mental number on her.
"I became incredibly depressed," she explained. "I was back to live alone and confused and I'm afraid of life in general, not just SP."
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She even considered quitting.
AfterSopranosFinished, Sigler continued to act on television and movies. She always feared that people discover that she lived with SM, which would lead to being treated differently. At one point, she was planning to stop acting completely.
"I thought this job would not come anymore," she saidCharm. "I thought people would see me as sick and do not see me like me."
Working with a therapist helped sigler to realize that she needed to ask for help with her friends and family and keep her illness a secret does not hurt. It has publicly revealed its diagnosis of SP for the first time in aJanuary 2016 interview withPeople magazine. She and her baseballCutter Dykstra I married the same month and Sigler then told Webmd, she wanted to make the announcement "around a celebration period". The couple now has two sons:Beautiful Kyle Dykstra, 8, andJack Adam Dykstra, 3.
With his state of health finally at the opening, Sigler felt relieved. "I feel physically better because I do not have that stress and fear that followed me everywhere," she told Webmd.
Sigler to the MS of MS.
Talk toCharm, Sigler explained that she has rechermented by MS (RRMS). According to the national company of the SP, RRMS is characterized by "an attack again orincrease neurological symptoms"Also known as relapalls", followed by complete or partial recovery periods. "She told WebMD that she tried" every alternative treatment "possible over the years, including different types of invasive regimes and therapies. Now, when treating his symptoms, Sigler takes the medicineTecfidera twice a day.
Sigler's MS causes his pain, which is worse a few days as others. "I'll have moments where my sciatica flows along the legs or back] becomes really bad at the end of the day or I'm a little bit steep today, but I can say that J 'have learned to a kind of being uncomfortable, "she explained toCharm.
The actor also has physical limitations because of the disease. She noted to the magazine that the most difficult challenge of her is running, she could not have done for more than 10 years. Whenever she tries to run, Sigler explained, her symptoms worsen.
"I'm starting to stiffe me," she says. "My brain can not work fast enough with my legs. I have a weakness on my right side, then balance, coordination."
Nevertheless, she does not let her maintain her.
Although living with the disease has been difficult, siglerRecountPeople In 2020, she realized all "the positive things he brought to [her]" and "who she did [she] today."
"Always want me that I did not get Ms.? Of course," she says. "But it's as if my thing in this life, maybe. And I take care of what I can best. I'm always independent."
Despite the fact that MS can slow down physically, it became with the disease and embraces the reality on its part in its own way.
"But I understood in the 18 years living with the best way to work and I do not want to miss anything in life because of that," she added.
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