--- title: Jamie-Lynn Sigler Opens Up About Multiple Sclerosis description: Jamie-Lynn Sigler, the former Sopranos star, spoke candidly with Glamour about what it’s like to live with multiple sclerosis. canonical: https://time.com/4553083/jamie-lynn-sigler-multiple-sclerosis/ author: Samantha Cooney article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-11-01T20:40:50.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:03:44.087Z og:title: Jamie-Lynn Sigler Opens Up About Living With Multiple Sclerosis og:description: 'We all have something, and [MS] is my something' og:url: https://time.com/4553083/jamie-lynn-sigler-multiple-sclerosis/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5403219d559f9794/6988ac712dce0115de9eb416/jamie-lynn-siegler-ms.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2276 og:image:height: 1280 og:image:alt: Art Of Elysium's 9th Annual Heaven Gala - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jamie-Lynn Sigler Opens Up About Living With Multiple Sclerosis twitter:description: 'We all have something, and [MS] is my something' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5403219d559f9794/6988ac712dce0115de9eb416/jamie-lynn-siegler-ms.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Jamie-Lynn Sigler Opens Up About Living With Multiple Sclerosis > Sponsored content. 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Jamie-Lynn Sigler attends the Art of Elysium 2016 HEAVEN Gala presented by Vivienne Westwood & Andreas Kronthaler at 3LABS on January 9, 2016 in Culver City, California.JB Lacroix—WireImage  by [Samantha Cooney](https://time.com/author/samantha-cooney/)  ## Samantha Cooney Nov 1, 2016 8:40 PM UTC Months after Jamie-Lynn Sigler revealed that she’s had multiple sclerosis for 15 years, theformer _Sopranos s_tar[ spoke candidly with _Glamour_](https://twitter.com/theyearofelan/status/793551164704821251) about what it’s like to live with the disease on a daily basis. In January, Sigler [revealed for the first time](http://people.com/tv/jamie-lynn-sigler-reveals-she-has-multiple-sclerosis/) that she’s been battling the autoimmune disorder since she was 20\. Multiple sclerosis is an illness that impacts the nervous system’s ability to function properly, [often resulting](http://www.nationalmssociety.org/What-is-MS/Types-of-MS/Relapsing-remitting-MS) in physical pain or stiffness, fatigue, bowel problems and cognition challenges, among other symptoms. It’s [unclear what causes the disease](http://www.nationalmssociety.org/What-is-MS/What-Causes-MS), and there’s no known cure. Multiple sclerosis is believed to impact over 2.3 million people worldwide, [according to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society](http://www.nationalmssociety.org/What-is-MS/Who-Gets-MS) — and women are two to three times more likely to develop the disease. Sigler has [Relapsing-Remitting MS](http://www.nationalmssociety.org/What-is-MS/Types-of-MS/Relapsing-remitting-MS), which is the most common of four types of the disease. Patients with Relapsing-Remitting MS fluctuate between periods with severe symptoms and periods with few to no symptoms. In [an interview with _Glamour_ published on Monday](http://www.glamour.com/story/jamie-lynn-sigler-opens-up-about-living-with-ms), Sigler explained why she kept silent about her health for so long. “I had been keeping it a secret for so many years, and I couldn’t see anything positive coming out of it,” Sigler said. “I thought that work wouldn’t come anymore. I thought that people would see me as sick and not see me as me. I enjoyed when people didn’t know, because I thought that meant I was hiding it really well that nobody would know. For whatever reason, it felt like a positive thing for me.” Sigler said she decided to come forward after her hypnotherapist convinced her that continuing to keep it a secret would only dampen her ability to heal. And Sigler realized that speaking up about her experiences could help others living with multiple sclerosis too. The actress and mother of one told _Glamour_ that she struggles with fatigue, physical pain and stiffness on a daily basis. But she says that she’s still receiving job offers and that she’s been able to push through the pain and have a fulfilling personal life — and yes, that includes sex. “My husband is wonderful and great at making me feel good about myself—or trying to at least!” Sigler, who married baseball player Cutter Dykstra in January, shared. “But, like I said, there’s times I’m like, ‘I’m going to do this for him,‘ and then realize it’s actually for me too.” Sigler, who will be [honored](https://www.looktothestars.org/news/15948-race-to-erase-ms-to-honor-jamie-lynn-sigler-at-annual-gala) at the Race to Erase MS charity gala in May, said that multiple sclerosis no longer makes her feel weak. “I feel like I’ve learned a different meaning of the word strong. To me, I used to feel like I wasn’t strong, and I used to be strong, because I would equate everything with being physically strong,” Sigler told _Glamour_. “All my friends say to me, ‘You’re the strongest girl I know,’ and I am learning to accept when people tell me that and really believe it because we all are strong people, and we all have something, and \[MS\] is my something.” \[[_Glamour_](http://www.glamour.com/story/jamie-lynn-sigler-opens-up-about-living-with-ms)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4553083/jamie-lynn-sigler-multiple-sclerosis/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4553083/jamie-lynn-sigler-multiple-sclerosis/"},"headline":"Jamie-Lynn Sigler Opens Up About Living With Multiple Sclerosis","datePublished":"2016-11-01T20:40:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:03:44.087Z","description":"'We all have something, and [MS] is my something'","url":"https://time.com/4553083/jamie-lynn-sigler-multiple-sclerosis/","keywords":["motto"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5403219d559f9794/6988ac712dce0115de9eb416/jamie-lynn-siegler-ms.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Cooney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-cooney/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5403219d559f9794/6988ac712dce0115de9eb416/jamie-lynn-siegler-ms.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Art Of Elysium's 9th Annual Heaven Gala - Arrivals","caption":"Art Of Elysium's 9th Annual Heaven Gala - Arrivals","creditText":"JB Lacroix—WireImage","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4553083/jamie-lynn-sigler-multiple-sclerosis/","name":"Jamie-Lynn Sigler Opens Up About Living With Multiple Sclerosis"}}]}] ```