Her experience, while not the norm, is far from unusual, experts say.
Applegate disclosed the revelation on an episode of her podcast with Jamie Lynn Sigler, MeSsy, which centers on their lives with MS. (Sigler disclosed that she has relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis, or RRMS, in 2016.) “In January of 2021, I had numbness in my toes, and that numbness grew to all of my legs,” Applegate recalled on the podcast. “And then the pain started.”


It’s incredibly common now and research suggests it could be caused by COVID. Anything to do with women and you get this sexist bullshit in medicine. I hope your partner can get her diagnosis soon, I wish you both the best of luck.