Walter Williams Multiple Sclerosis

Both Walter Williams and Jamie-Lynn Sigler suffer from the nervous system disorder called multiple sclerosis. Multiple sclerosis is a chronic, typically progressive disease involving damage to the sheaths of nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord, whose symptoms may include numbness, impairment of speech and of muscular coordination, blurred vision, and severe fatigue. The symptoms and magnitude of multiple sclerosis can also very from person to person. The cause of multiple sclerosis is not fully known. What is known is that this disease is incurable, but with medication it can prevent relapse and help with suppressing symptoms. Walter Williams who was a founding member of the R&B group the O’Jays, began to experience symptoms of multiple sclerosis during the bands 1983 tour. Per what he told Cleveland newspaper The Plain Dealer, “he initially attributed the numbness in his toe to new shoes, but then it spread to his foot and leg” (Wheeler, 2015), that was when he knew there was a problem. After about two months of trying to find out what was wrong with him, he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Williams kept …show more content…
Sigler is best known for playing the role of Tony Soprano’s daughter in the award-winning HBO drama The Sopranos. Sigler was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis at the age of twenty, and at the time only a few of her trusted colleagues knew about it. About fifteen years later Sigler was ready to come out to the public about her having multiple sclerosis. Some of Sigler’s symptoms were that she cannot walk for a long period of time without having to stop and rest, and she isn’t able to run. Sigler has stated that her symptoms have gotten worse over the past ten years, but after experimenting with different medications, she has found one that has been able to stabilize her symptoms. Jamie- Lynn Sigler is currently 35 years old and is still living with her multiple