Does MS make you gain weight?
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 53 | August 23, 2023 3:42 PM |
No, but eating to assuage your misery while being totally inactive does.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | June 11, 2023 1:01 PM |
I have MS. Weight gain might be a side effect of her medications. It also might be a result of less exercise since you are not as active and mobile.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | June 11, 2023 1:06 PM |
Always had a soft spot for her.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | June 11, 2023 1:19 PM |
I’m sorry, but as much as I’ve always loved Christina Applegate, I do think she’s kind of milking the MS thing for maximum sympathy. I know a few people who were also diagnosed with MS and had a hard time initially, but they had a fraction of her resources and still managed to live fulfilling lives.
Maybe she’s having a harder time because she’s was a former party girl.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | June 11, 2023 1:27 PM |
I don't mind when a celebrity is honest with their personal struggles and use it to help others in some way (raise awareness, raise money, etc.)
I do hate when celebrities take on a cause just to get their name out there and bring attention to themselves.
P.S. I always liked her and I thought the series she did with Jean Smart was great!
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | June 11, 2023 1:30 PM |
[quote]I do hate when celebrities take on a cause just to get their name out there and bring attention to themselves.
Me, too! I rarely mention I was RAPED.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | June 11, 2023 1:32 PM |
Eat that doughnut, bitch!
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 8 | June 11, 2023 1:33 PM |
My dad had MS. In the later years, he became morbidly obese, in his case, I think, primarily due to inactivity (and probably excessive eating due to boredom and depression) rather than meds, but maybe a combination of both factors. It is a hard spiral because my dad fell a lot, and after he got to point with his weight, we couldn’t lift him anymore. We had to call the fire department to get him off the floor multiple times.
MS is really hard. I’m so sorry for Christina Applegate.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | June 11, 2023 1:43 PM |
Applegate has been on steroids during parts of her illness, judging by her face.
A relative with MS was overweight at times (due alternately to psych meds and inactivity) and later underweight (due to difficulty eating). This is an awful disease and I think Applegate, like Jamie-Lynn Sigler before her, has done a great job of discussing it openly. Selma Blair makes me a little more nervous.
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | June 11, 2023 1:59 PM |
Yeah, I'm not piling on the Christina Applegate. She's always seemed like a fairly decent person and MS is terrible.
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | June 11, 2023 2:25 PM |
She's clearly frightened about how her body is suddenly changing and that she can't reliably do basic things anymore, like picking up and holding objects or walking in a straight line. Or even walking, let alone going to the gym. It's sad. And then there's the random numbness and aches and pains in various appendages, blurred vision, dizziness. The anti-inflammatory drugs like Prednisone/steroids/dexamethasone, are severely bloating. There are several forms of MS, and it can take different turns. Relapsing/Remitting, and multi-focal progressive. She's sharing her experiences with honesty and seems depressed and apologetic, trying to put on a good face, but knows that she's done with life as she recently knew it.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | June 11, 2023 3:45 PM |
She's not big as a house.
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | June 12, 2023 12:16 AM |
R13 - unless her name is Christtina, it’s actually “Xina” - not “Xtina”.
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | June 12, 2023 12:56 AM |
I had no idea Jamie Lynn Sigler has it, too. A couple of our faculty in grad school had MS. One had the slow decline type and was able to plug along for years with her research with some short phases of inactivity. Another had the rapid decline type. He had been on my dissertation committee when he was diagnosed and within the year his symptoms were debilitating enough he returned to his native Canada since his medical care there would not bankrupt him. Despite it being a rapid decline, he lived about 15 more years.
[QUOTE]I do think she’s kind of milking the MS thing for maximum sympathy.
That must be why her public appearances are rare.
[QUOTE]Maybe she’s having a harder time because she’s was a former party girl.
Whore deserved It!
R5 - Chief Medical Officer, Maiden Aunts Brigade, M.D. - Trump University, 2015.
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | June 12, 2023 2:14 AM |
When my niece was first diagnosed, the neurologist ordered infusion therapy with steroids to bring down inflammation. She had to go twice a week for six weeks. She gained a lot of weight, and it took a long time for her to lose it.
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | June 12, 2023 2:36 AM |
Christina Applegate is also a breast cancer survivor. Those meds can also reek havoc on your body.
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | June 12, 2023 3:23 AM |
Is there more of it being diagnosed these days or am I just getting old?
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | June 12, 2023 3:52 AM |
This happens with steroids. Be nice guys. She's a good soul.
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | June 12, 2023 3:56 AM |
Seriously, after reading all the comments, does no one know that steroids cause you to gain weight?
| by Anonymous | reply 21 | June 12, 2023 4:02 AM |
DLers: She’s too fat! Other DLers: We love being fat!
| by Anonymous | reply 22 | June 12, 2023 4:04 AM |
Hers is one autobiography I'd like to read ... "Married ... With Children," "Samantha Who?," the recent thing with Linda Cardellini, the Anchorman movie, "Sweet Charity" on Broadway, marriage to Jonathan Schaech, breast cancer, MS ... there's a lot there.
Maybe writing a biography could keep her busy while housebound.
| by Anonymous | reply 23 | June 12, 2023 4:14 AM |
Teri Garr wrote a memoir "Speedbumps" about her career and MS. Love her, but still haven't read the book.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 24 | June 12, 2023 5:32 AM |
MS can be very debilitating. It can turn you into a bedridden cripple
| by Anonymous | reply 25 | June 12, 2023 6:13 AM |
I think you're on to something, r18. Radiation and chemo leave people immune compromised. See section titled "Immunology and MS"
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 26 | June 12, 2023 7:13 AM |
There are 4 kinds of MS. Two are sort of slow to progress, and can be fairly manageable. Two are devastating. I’m neutral on Selma Blair and Jamie Lynn Sigler, but adore Terri Garr and Christina Applegate. They all deserve our compassion. It’s a kind of prison, I know Terri Garr has been at least wheelchair bound for years.
| by Anonymous | reply 27 | June 12, 2023 7:23 AM |
[quote]Those meds can also reek havoc on your body.
Oh, DEAR.
| by Anonymous | reply 31 | June 12, 2023 5:05 PM |
Is Terri Garr really a massive cunt, as has been said in our “who is a massive cunt in Hollywood” gossip threads?
| by Anonymous | reply 32 | June 12, 2023 5:26 PM |
R 31, Omg! Wreak havoc.... so embarrassing.
| by Anonymous | reply 33 | June 12, 2023 11:58 PM |
Honest question: why the mixed feelings re Selma Blair?
| by Anonymous | reply 34 | June 13, 2023 12:20 AM |
What type does Montel have? He seems to have the very slow progressing one. Or he caught it early, if that even matters.
They say that people who are of Northern European or Scandinavian ancestry skew higher for MS. They're also saying chronic vitamin D deficiency can up your risks, which correlates with northern populations.
I wish her well. She's been dealt a bad hand. First cancer, now this.
| by Anonymous | reply 36 | June 13, 2023 12:50 AM |
Montel is reported to have relapsing-remitting MS, but seems to be fairly stable with the disease.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 37 | June 13, 2023 1:50 AM |
[quote] Teri Garr wrote a memoir "Speedbumps" about her career and MS. Love her, but still haven't read the book.
If you want to continue loving Teri Garr, don't read her autobiography. See also: Gene Wilder.
| by Anonymous | reply 38 | June 13, 2023 2:07 AM |
Maybe because she seems nuts?
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 39 | June 13, 2023 3:11 AM |
love selma, she has sassy pizazz.
| by Anonymous | reply 41 | June 13, 2023 5:59 AM |
Wow, hard to believe that is the same girl who used to sing Genie in a Bottle!
| by Anonymous | reply 42 | June 13, 2023 11:59 AM |
She looks like Katherine O’Hara on Six Feet Under.
| by Anonymous | reply 43 | June 13, 2023 12:31 PM |
Is that it, r39? If i had her disease not a day would go by without mixing prescription medicine with wine….
| by Anonymous | reply 44 | June 13, 2023 9:46 PM |
go set up a gofund me and hush lady....
| by Anonymous | reply 45 | June 15, 2023 12:06 PM |
This is off-topic but GoFundMe's name bothers me. It sounds like a command from an entitled individual. If it was called PleaseHelpMe... totally different tone. Anyway, I digress.
| by Anonymous | reply 46 | June 15, 2023 2:04 PM |
Michael J Fox probably never gave a shit about people with Parkinson’s until he developed it…I really hate celebrities with causes just because they came down with something
| by Anonymous | reply 47 | June 15, 2023 2:14 PM |
[quote]Michael J Fox probably never gave a shit about people with Parkinson’s until he developed it…I really hate celebrities with causes just because they came down with something
Michael J. Fox has raised over $1.5 billion (and counting) for Parkinson's research, essentially revolutionizing it. The work his foundation funds is yielding important new discoveries that could eventually change how it is diagnosed and treated, improving millions of lives in the process.
He does it not for himself, because he knows it's too late to make a difference for him, but for everyone else on the planet. To disparage him for that is beyond childish. There's an enormous difference between Lena Dunham twirling her newest medically unnecessary cane for attention and the remarkable achievements of actor-activists like Fox or Christopher Reeve.
| by Anonymous | reply 48 | June 15, 2023 2:28 PM |
Christina could still go out in a blaze of glory and win an Oscar for playing Barbara Cook.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 49 | June 15, 2023 2:39 PM |
R47, yes it is true that celebrities don’t rally for a cause until they are affected. My question to you…are you so different? People do better when they know better. Would you rather they just do nothing at all to improve the situation for others???? I think it is a GOOD use of fame when it is used to help other, period.
| by Anonymous | reply 50 | June 15, 2023 4:57 PM |
Another aspect: Would you be as good an advocate for a cause if you weren't affected yourself? I could advocate MS or cancer support, but a directly affected individual is so much more impactful because they understand every detail unlike myself. So I am cool with that. But you are right of course. People feel closer to a cause as soon as they are affected themselves.
| by Anonymous | reply 51 | June 15, 2023 7:05 PM |
R19
Maybe more, maybe not, but it's easier to diagnose MS now so it certainly is more commonly spoken of and definitively experienced.. It often used to be a diagnosis of exclusion - a diagnosis that is left over after all other possible differential diagnoses have been excluded.
Now there are very specific tests for MS, including spinal taps (elevated levels of antibodies called IgG antibodies, proteins called oligoclonal bands, and an unusually high number of white blood cells), MRIs (showing plaques interrupting messages to nerve endings), and Evoked Potentials (tests measuring the electrical activity in areas of your brain and spinal cord in response to certain stimuli.)
That's the Reader's Digest Version of testing.
| by Anonymous | reply 52 | August 23, 2023 3:29 PM |
Love her…the best scene stealer ever…
| by Anonymous | reply 53 | August 23, 2023 3:42 PM |
