Christina Applegate’s daughter explains how she can relate to her mother’s illness.
The former “Married… with Children” celebrity’s daughter Sadie, 13, was this month’s visitor on her mother’s podcast, “Messy,” which she hosts with fellow actress Jamie-Lynn Sigler. At the time of the podcast, Sadie revealed that she had been diagnosed with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS). Applegate has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.
“When my mom says, ‘I’m in pain right now. I’m having shakes.’ If I didn’t have (POTS), I would probably be like… I don’t know what you’re talking about, but I really get shakes from POTS,” Sadie mentioned. “It’s definitely a lot easier to understand what she’s going through when I have something I’m going through too.”
According to the Cleveland Health Facility, POTS occurs when a person reports dizziness, fatigue, rapid heart rate, headache, chest pain and several other symptoms “immediately or a few minutes after sitting or standing.” This may be the result of the body’s bizarre response to hormones that help blood flow back to the center.
Christina Applegate’s daughter recently shared that she was diagnosed with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS). (John Shearer/Getty Pictures for ABA)
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Sadie also revealed that she suffers from misophonia, which is extreme sensitivity to pitch. While not intended to elicit an emotional or physical response from the person, misophonia can cause extreme discomfort. Sadie defined, “My two worst conditions are breathing and chewing.”
When Applegate was first diagnosed, Sadie said that her mother came up with a unique technique for her “to understand the pain of walking”, explaining, “She made us wear sand socks.”
The teenager’s experience with her own personal fitness problems has made her more sympathetic to her mother’s fitness struggles, with Sadie taking every opportunity to fight and assist her mother – even though her assistance is not always sought after. In.
“Every time we go to a concert, she’ll always say, ‘You can’t push my wheelchair, Sadie, you’ll hit a wall,'” she mentioned. “And I would beg. I just said, ‘Please, Mom, let me push your wheelchair.’ Because I want to help her, so of course I want to do that, but it’s also funny because she’s always like, ‘No, I want this person to do it’… and it’s never me. ‘
Sadie shared that she loves helping her mom, even though her mom doesn’t always need her help. (Selection via Gilbert Flores/Getty Pictures)
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Applegate admitted that her daughter is “pretty good at maneuvering the wheelchair”, though the former “Dead to Me” celebrity’s reluctance to allow her to assist him comes from a panic Sadie would possibly have by loosening the wheelchair’s hinges on the ramp. Degi, “Because (she) thought it was funny.”
Although Sadie somewhat understands what her mother is going through, Applegate admits that she feels “incredibly guilty” that she is no longer able to do the things she wants to do for her daughter. Wanted.
“Because I don’t ever want you to feel like I’m not able to be your protector, your mother, you know, I love you,” she instructed her daughter. “I want to cook food for you. I want to bring it to you. I want to do all the things and do them when I can. And I feel incredibly guilty when I can’t.” ”
The actress was diagnosed with MS in June 2021 while shooting the season of “Dead to Me.” She’s been very candid about what living with analytics has been like for her, sharing on a recent podcast, “I don’t enjoy living. I don’t enjoy it. I don’t enjoy things anymore. ”
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Applegate has been candid about living with MS since receiving her MS diagnosis in June 2021. (Getty Pictures for Matt Winkelmeyer/Critics’ Selection Affiliation)
The comment upset his fans, prompting him to respond on the next episode of the podcast and declare, “I’m good.”
“I challenge anyone diagnosed with MS or any type of chronic disease to take a moment that has affected you before and say, ‘This is great,'” she said. “You know? No, you have moments in your mind like, ‘This is exhausting and I don’t want to do this.’ But you do, and having friends like you and my beautiful friends who I say out loud to, it takes the pressure off the balloon.”
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