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Multiple Sclerosis Sufferers Praise Selma Blair For Opening Up About Diagnosis

Lydia Smith

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Multiple Sclerosis Sufferers Praise Selma Blair For Opening Up About Diagnosis

Featured Image Credit: Chris Pizzello/AP/Press Association Images

People with multiple sclerosis have thanked Cruel Intentions star Selma Blair for opening up about being diagnosed with the condition.

The actor, 46, revealed she is living with the lifelong illness in a post on Instagram.

"I am disabled. I fall sometimes. I drop things. My memory is foggy. And my left side is asking for directions from a broken gps," she wrote.

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"But we are doing it. And I laugh and I don't know exactly what I will do precisely but I will do my best," she added.

Blair, who has a seven-year-old, described her diagnosis as 'overwhelming', but said she wanted other MS sufferers like her to seek out help and support.

"I am in the thick of it but I hope to give some hope to others," she wrote. "And even to myself. You can't get help unless you ask."

Since opening up about her diagnosis on social media, hundreds of people with MS have thanked Blair for talking openly about her condition and offered the actor words of support and advice.

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Credit: Chris Pizzello/AP/Press Association Images
Credit: Chris Pizzello/AP/Press Association Images

Writing on Twitter, senior meteorologist at Fox News Janice Dean said: "Hi @SelmaBlair I'm a #MultipleSclerosis sister. I was diagnosed 13 years ago. We're grateful you told us because so many are afraid to. I promise you will be ok. The diagnosis is scary, but it gets better. I promise. Please let me know if I can help. You are not alone."

Journalist Victoria Bradsworth said she was diagnosed with MS at 30.

"I can so relate to how Selma Blair feels. I am grateful to all celebs who share their dx stories.
They help demystify disability & broaden awareness," she wrote on Twitter.

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Others praised Blair for being honest about the impact of her diagnosis.

One Instagram user wrote: "Thank you for sharing. I was diagnosed almost 4 years ago. My brother and sister both have it.

"I was 24, diagnosed not long after having my son who's now 17, I'll be the big 40 next month," another person wrote on Instagram. "MS will make you fall, cry, laugh, get angry, go in denial. But always take help when offered... Just wanted to let you know I'm thinking of you."

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Another wrote on Instagram: "Thank you for sharing. I keep putting off seeing a neurologist. You are in inspiring to make the call. You are a warrior and life isn't over, it has just changed direction."

Credit: Dave Longendyke/Zuma Press/PA Images
Credit: Dave Longendyke/Zuma Press/PA Images

Another woman said she had been diagnosed in her 20s, commenting: "You're not alone. You can do it. Even on the days you don't feel like you can. Thank you for sharing it's so important for people to know that they aren't alone and that you can be successful and happy with this diagnosis and taking away the stigma," she wrote.

MS is an incurable condition of the central nervous system, which causes symptoms such as vision loss, pain, impaired coordination and muscle weakness.

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According to the charity MS Trust, there are around 110,000 people with MS in the UK, of which around 70 per cent are women.

Topics: Celebrity News, MS, Health

Lydia Smith
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