Selma Blair has revealed she is "in remission" from multiple sclerosis and said her prognosis is "great".
The 49-year-old American actress was diagnosed with the chronic disease that affects the central nervous system in 2018.
She since underwent a stem cell transplant and a course of chemotherapy to help treat her immune system, which she said has now worked.
On Monday, the actress appeared virtually at a Television Critics Association panel in support of her upcoming documentary Introducing Selma Blair.
As she does in her #discoveryplus doc #IntroducingSelmaBlair, the actor & mom acknowledges how the ravages of MS varies. "I don't have advice," @SelmaBlair says to #TCA21. "I just wanted to lead by example to say this is where I am." pic.twitter.com/AWXoAe1UCK
— The TCA (@OfficialTCA) August 16, 2021
According to US publication People, she said: "My prognosis is great. I'm in remission. Stem cell put me in remission.
"It took about a year after stem cell for the inflammation and lesions to really go down. I was reluctant to talk about it because I felt this need to be more healed and more fixed."
Blair said that while getting an MS diagnosis "can be very isolating" for some people, she was lucky to have support from her family and friends, and that changed how she approaches life.
"People took great care of me. I never really like life. I do now - strange, huh?" she said.
"Just because life's so weird. I was so scared in life. To suddenly start to find an identity and a safety in me, to figure out boundaries, time management and energy. I'm having the time of my life."
