Selma Blair is opening up about how her health is affecting her amid her multiple sclerosis remission. She was first diagnosed with the condition in 2018, and has been in remission since 2021.
She shared a video to her Instagram platform where she opened up about the ups and downs of her condition and how she's been feeling as of late. "I hurt all the time," she started off in the video. "I say that only for you people that hurt also." The video clip was titled "In Bed With Selma."
"Health update #InBedWithSelma," she captioned the post. "Video Description: a video of Selma with short blonde hair wearing a white t-shirt, sitting in bed and sharing a health update while receiving IVIG."
Selma then went on to talk about how aging with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and how it affects her ability to be able to stretch, which contributes to making her muscles really stiff. "I'll pull my muscles too easily and then they're like, slack and sit there, so I get some injuries, but this is nothing that's like horrible, scary stuff or anything," she said.
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As Mayo Clinic notes, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome is a group of inherited disorders that affect your connective tissues — primarily your skin, joints, and blood vessel walls. Connective tissue is a complex mixture of proteins and other substances that provide strength and elasticity to the underlying structures in your body.
"It's just like one of those extra things that turns into a chronic thing, and you have to watch because people think stretching's so good for you and I'm technically not allowed to stretch because I'm always stretching," she continued. "So that's one update."
She then went on to discuss her MS status. "I'm due for another MRI and blood work, but I seem to be doing fine and this helps so much," she said, motioning towards an IV. "I still get tired, I still am stiff like all the time."
"If I'm by myself, I do move and walk better, and in open space. But still I notice when I go out it's still very pronounced when I go into different rooms, hallways, or meeting new people or even focusing on talking about it," she said.
"So I kind of don't mind talking about how strange that is because I know it can look weird," Selma explained. "And when I didn't talk to anyone else that had MS or other things that might be like this, some neurological or other chronic things, I didn't know that it could come and go like that."
She concluded by saying that she's doing well, though she's really tired most days. "There's no complaining," she said. "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 okay. But still a bummer."
