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Selma Blair reveals she has multiple sclerosis

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Actress Selma Blair revealed she has multiple sclerosis on Saturday, in an emotional Instagram post offering insight into her life with the illness.

The Legally Blonde and Cruel Intentions star, 46, said she was diagnosed with the chronic central nervous system disease — which causes symptoms including fatigue, pain and coordinati­on problems — in August after suffering symptoms “for years.”

“I am disabled. I fall sometimes. I drop things. My memory is foggy. And my left side is asking for directions from a broken gps. But we are doing it. And I laugh and I don’t know exactly what I will do precisely but I will do my best,” she wrote.

Blair, who is currently working on Netflix sci-fi drama Another Life, said she revealed her diagnosis to share her gratitude toward costume designer Alissa Swanson, who “carefully gets my legs in my pants, pulls my tops over my head, buttons my coats and offers her shoulder to steady myself.”

Blair also thanked celebrity friends including Sarah Michelle Gellar.

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