Selma Blair opens up about struggles with multiple sclerosis

Hollywood actress Selma Blair suffer from multiple sclerosis. She recently claimed that she is running 'out of options' to help her alleviate her 'intense pain' and help her deal with her physical difficulties that comes with her diagnosis.  

Blair at New York Health Summit

Recently, at the New York Health Summit, the the 47-year-old actor revealed that her disease modifiers did not work for her at that time and her condition is declining faster than she ever expected. Initally to cure the sclerosis, she was suggested to try the stem cell treatment and an "aggressive" course of chemotherapy to restart her immune system, but Blair had refused getting that due stress of ruining her body. 

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She explained that she didn’t want her body to go through the ruthless and horrible drug effects of chemotherapy, as she doesn't have cancer. But eventually was given a small dose of chemotherapy just before her stem cell transplant as she lacked other options to cure her illness. The treatment gave her immediate relief and convinced her to go through with the chemotherapy, but it still was a major risk. 

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Actor recovers from her disease 

She expressed how she ended up planning her own death, as she was warned earlier about the therapy. She stated that when she told her son about it, she said that he wanted her cremated, with a real body. She also added that she had more chemo than cancer patients and had to get regular stem cell treatment to outlive that amount of chemo.  

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The actor is still recovering from her disease and doesn't feel that she's made it to the other side just yet. She concluded by saying she didn’t talk about it before as she didn’t want to scare people.  A bald Blair is also waiting for her hair to grow again. 

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(With inputs from ANI)