When Christina Applegate was told she didn’t have multiple sclerosis after all, she was stunned. After all, she’d spent years dealing with chronic pain and undergoing treatment for MS. How could she have been misdiagnosed?
Apparently, getting a misdiagnosis like that is not uncommon.
So now the Married… with Children alum is on a mission to find out what’s really causing her chronic illness, and she’s narrowing in on one suspicion in particular right now.
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In the latest episode of MeSsy, her podcast with Jamie-Lynn Sigler, she revealed:
“I had my double mastectomy in 2008 and I am way overdue for having [my breast implants] replaced. And I swear over the last five years or whatever, I’ve thought, ‘What if [the implants are] leaking and poisoning me?’ And then there was some study about it presenting as MS. So that’s one that I will be looking into because it’s something I’ve thought about.”
Christina got her implants during her reconstruction surgery after being diagnosed with breast cancer and testing positive for the BRCA gene. She has saline implants, not silicone, but some surgeons still recommend replacing them every 10-15 years.
Hopefully Christina gets answers soon so she can be quick on her way to appropriate treatment and relief!!
Listen to the full episode below:
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