'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' Star Reveals Multiple Sclerosis Diagnosis
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The actress is finally opening up.
Actress Emma Caulfield has opened up about her Multiple Sclerosis diagnosis—a disease where the immune system eats away at the protective covering of one's nerves.
The actress spoke with Vanity Fair in a recent interview, where she revealed that she has been dealing with the disease for 22 years now and is finally coming forward with her diagnosis.
“I woke up one morning and the left side of my face felt like there were a million ants crawling on it,” she told the outlet. She wasn't sure what the problem could be and ended up going to see her acupuncturist, who suggested she might have Bell's palsy—a generally temporary weakness of the facial muscles.
The former Buffy the Vampire Slayer actress went to see a neurologist for an MRI and got the call that she has been diagnosed with MS while on set for Marti Noxon's Gigantic.
“'You have MS.' Just like that. It was like an out-of-body experience. I’m like, 'No, that’s not possible.' I’m like, 'What are you talking about?'" she said, recalling the phone call with the doctor.
The actress mentioned that she is doing better, noting, "It’s a weird thing to say when you’re given a diagnosis like that, but truthfully, my attitude is not crumbling under the fear of 'what if' or 'what can,' or 'what has' for other people. I just have to keep going."
Caulfield noted that she finally decided to let the world know about her MS diagnosis because she doesn't want to hide it from her 6-year-old daughter, whom she shares with her husband, Mark Leslie Ford. She also mentioned that keeping it from her fellow WandaVision colleagues could potentially worsen her condition while on the job.
The actress was quietly dealing with her diagnosis while filming WandaVision back in Nov. 2019, but now she is focused on being fully open with her struggles for her next gig, where she will be reprising her role as Dottie in Kathryn Hahn's upcoming Marvel spinoff series Agatha: Coven of Chaos.
Fans will be able to watch the spinoff series next winter, only on Disney+!
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