'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' actress Emma Caulfield Ford is sharing an update on living with MS and discussing her decision to go public with her diagnosis: 'I'm very, very fortunate.'
"I'm stable — and I've made it a huge priority to do things so I stay that way," the actress said.with over seven years of experience in the entertainment industry. An award-winning journalist, she's written for Turner Classic Movies,, and more. She's worked at EW for six years covering film, TV, theater, music, and books.
MS is a chronic autoimmune disease that attacks the central nervous system; it affects an estimated 1 million Americans. Caulfield Ford received her diagnosis in 2010, after waking up one morning to find the left side of her face had gone numb. She originally chalked it up to a pinched nerve or a result of stress and work pressure, but her acupuncturist floated the possibility of Bell's palsy.
Besides a recent sensitivity to cacophonous noise, her symptoms have not accelerated, though she told PEOPLE that she often thinks about her disease. "I'm like, 'My back's a little sore today. Is that MS or is that because you turned 50?' And I don't know," she said. "I feel quite good, and that's good news.
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