Jamie-Lynn Sigler has had MS for 22 years. Here's how she copes with her symptoms

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Jamie-Lynn Sigler has had MS for 22 years. Here's how she copes with her symptoms
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Jamie-Lynn Sigler is teaming up with Christina Applegate to release a new podcast about multiple sclerosis.

. In the years since being diagnosed, the former star of “The Sopranos” has taken on a host of projects including roles in theater, podcast and television while speaking out about and treating her MS. Now, her next venture will combine the two.

Sigler has multiple sclerosis, a disease in which the immune system attacks the central nervous system, which includes the brain, spinal cord and optic nerves, according to the . These attacks damage the protective coverings surrounding the nerve fibers called myelin, which causes the brain to struggle to communicate with the rest of the body, per the

Back in 2002, she had just wrapped shooting an episode of “The Sopranos” when she noticed her leg felt heavy. “It was that feeling right before you get pins and needles — that weird tingling, like your legs are asleep,” “ definitely taken a lot from me: my ability to run, dance, jump, wear high heels,” she wrote. At the time, she shared she had a slight limp and needed medication to help control her bladder.

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