Selma Blair Shared a Heartwarming Update on Her Multiple Sclerosis Remission

"No news is good news."

After chronicling her experience with multiple sclerosis in a book and documentary series, Selma Blair shared that she's still in remission and that after a recent MRI scan, she didn't receive any additional bad news. At the premiere of Diane Von Furstenberg: Woman in Charge at the Tribeca Film Festival, the actress revealed the good news and voiced her support of fellow actresses Jamie-Lynn Sigler and Christina Applegate, who have also been sharing their experiences with MS.

"I've been in remission for a while," Blair told E! News. "I just had an MRI last week. No news is good news. But I did a transplant, and it was amazing to have the bone marrow transplant."

Speaking about Sigler and Applegate, who co-host the podcast MeSsy, Blair explained that she's glad that the public has a way to get more insight into the disease.

"They're being really open about their experiences," Blair added. "I love that they're doing that. They're both good friends of mine. I love listening to them hang out and discover."

Blair first shared that her MS was in remission in August 2021. At the time, she revealed she underwent hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation, a therapy that involves chemotherapy and stem cells, according to Dr. Robert Bermel, neurologist and director of the Mellen Center for Multiple Sclerosis at the Cleveland Clinic.

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Blair also spoke about her remission last year. In an interview with Self in January 2023, she explained that she never had the a-ha moment that some other patients experience, but she was glad to no longer regress into her symptoms.

"I'm so much better, but it haunts my physical cells. It's there," she said. "Some people wake up two years later and they're like, 'I'm healed! Colors are brighter!' But I never had that moment. I just stopped having regression."

Today explains that for the most part, MS treatment is meant to "halt the worsening of symptoms, prevent new symptoms, and extend the remission time between relapses." Dr. Bermel added that periods of remission generally last two to five years.

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In addition to her MS, Blair also opened up about her Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and the pain she experiences. She described the situation as a sort of Groundhog Day, where she sometimes feels like she's starting over every day, but that she still considers herself lucky to be able to share her journey.

"The Ehlers-Danlos will make me really, really, really stiff because I'll pull my muscles too easily and then they're like slack and sit there, so I get some injuries," she said in a January Instagram video. "This is nothing that's like horrible, scary stuff or anything. It's one of those extra things that turns into a chronic thing and you have to watch."

"I'm a beginner every day, so it's like Groundhog Day," she finished. "And I am doing really well. There's no complaining. But I don't know if I'll ever have the coordination or balance or stamina that I want to. Still lucky, still grateful, still OK, but still a bummer."

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