Christina Applegate fears leaking breast implants are ‘poisoning’ her after MS misdiagnosis
Christina Applegate has been left questioning whether her breast implants could be contributing to her unanswered health symptoms.
Speaking to co-host Jamie-Lynn Sigler on the November 10 episode of the MeSsy podcast, the 54-year-old actress said she had considered whether the breast implants could have been leading her to feel ill.
Following a breast cancer diagnosis she had a double mastectomy in 2008, which were subsequently reconsructed. She now believes she needs to have her breast implants replaced.
“And I swear, over the last five years or whatever, I thought, ‘What if they’re leaking and they’re like poisoning me?’” she said.
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The star described how she had been sent ‘some study’ outlining how breast-implant related symptoms ‘presenting’ as that of multiple sclerosis and she’ll be ‘looking into it’, although she made no mention of any doctor confirming this.
She was diagnosed with MS in 2021 and revealed on 20 October that the diagnosis was wrong.
She said she continues to manage the symptoms, including joint pain and lack of movement in her right shoulder, which make everyday tasks challenging.
“I don’t know what’s going on in my joints, but I can’t move my right shoulder like at all now. I can’t lift my arm,” she said.
She explained how it takes ten minutes for her to rise from her bed in the morning.
“It’s overwhelming because there’s so many different things that could be going on, and this pain stuff,” she said.
Following her misdiagnosis, she said she had been undergoing tests that she hopes will shed light on the causes of her symptoms.
In a previous episode of her podcast released on November 3, she said medics were exploring whether other conditions with symptoms similar to MS could be to blame, with rheumatoid arthritis, Lyme disease and lupus all being discussed.
“We’re going into square one, just doing some testing and going one-by-one of the sister diseases to MS,” she said at the time.
Since revealing the misdiagnosis, she has stressed her symptoms haven’t improved.
She said she has had to use a wheelchair to reach her doctor’s office after parking her car outside, because she is unable to walk the distance.
She first went public with her MS diagnosis in 2021, after experiencing leg instability and numbness for a number of years.
Taking to X in August 2021, she said, "Hi friends. A few months ago I was diagnosed with MS."
"It's been a strange journey. But I have been so supported by people that I know who also have this condition," she continued.
"It's been a tough road. But as we all know, the road keeps going. Unless some a*****e blocks it."
Topics: Christina Applegate, Women's Health
Michael D. Carroll
