Just days after tying the knot, Jamie-Lynn Sigler has come forward to reveal her truth. The 34-year-old former "The Sopranos" star, who just married pro baseball player Cutter Dykstra, has finally found the courage to open up about her 15-year battle with multiple sclerosis (MS), according to People.
"I wasn't ready until now," she told the magazine. "You'd think after all these years, somebody would be settled with something like this, but it's still hard to accept...I feel that it's important for me to share that I have MS now because I think that I'm at a point in my life with my son, with my marriage-it's a new me, and I want to live my truth. I don't want to hold a secret where it feels like I have something to be ashamed of or I have something to hide."
(Read about Sigler and Dykstra's wedding HERE.)
MS is a disease that affects the central nervous system and disrupts information within the brain. Often times, it leads to people being wheelchair-bound, but the MS Society notes that two-thirds of people diagnosed are able to walk, according to Us Weekly. The disease, which currently has no cure, can also affect vision, mobility, balance and speech.
At first, Sigler, who is the proud mom of 2-year-old Beau, was symptom-free, but over time, it started to take its toll. "I can't walk for a long period of time without resting. I cannot run," she continued to explain. "No superhero roles for me. Stairs? I can do them but they're not the easiest. When I walk, I have to think about every single step, which is annoying and frustrating."
