Montel Williams opens up to Sean Hannity about MS diagnosis, painkiller struggle

Tv host Montel Williams is talking out in regards to the life-altering second he was recognized with a number of sclerosis (MS) and the painful journey that adopted.

In a candid dialog with Sean Hannity on Fox Nation, Williams recalled the blunt warning he obtained from his physician in 1999.

“He looked me in the face in his office and said, ‘You know the type of MS you’re in, when it hits people of your race, it normally is really very debilitating,’” stated Williams, who hosted “The Montel Williams Show” from 1991 to 2008. 

“He said you’re probably going to be in a wheelchair in five years, so you need to, like, get your sh** together.’”

Williams was shocked. On the time, many consultants believed MS primarily affected White people of European descent. “I didn’t think I could get MS,” he admitted. 

The National Multiple Sclerosis Society now acknowledges that MS does impression members of the Black neighborhood, and that they could face extra aggressive development of the illness.

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After stepping off a aircraft and experiencing intense ache in his toes and legs, a specialist confirmed the analysis. “It was like you took a fire poker, shoved it right up to my heel, into my shins, and it was there 24 hours a day,” he recalled.

In hindsight, he now believes there have been earlier signs he missed, courting again to his time round when he graduated from the Naval Academy over a decade earlier than. 

A number of sclerosis is a power autoimmune illness that impacts the central nervous system, impacting the mind, spinal twine, and optic nerves. There’s at present no treatment for MS, though there are remedies to assist victims mitigate their ache. 

Shortly after his analysis, medical doctors suggested Williams to decelerate and step away from his demanding tv profession. 

“When I got off the plane, my friend, who was a doctor, sent me to another doctor. And that doctor told my ex-wife, ‘your husband’s got MS.'”

“He said, ‘yeah, I think you need to stop doing this heavy [activity],’” he stated. “’All these things are too stressful for you. And stop the weight-lifting, but you need to stop your show because there’s too much anxiety and that, it’s probably stressing you out too much.'” 

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As a substitute of pulling again, Williams continued pushing ahead. However as his ache worsened, he started relying closely on prescription opioids.

He admitted that he used his superstar standing to attain the varied capsules he was taking. 

“I was on Vicodin, I took… Percocets, Vicocets. Any one of the sets I took.” 

Williams stated his capsule use spiraled uncontrolled for practically two years. For about six months throughout that point, he thought of himself addicted. 

“It was about a six-month period of time where I know I was addicted because I wouldn’t walk out the door without throwing four of them in my mouth at the beginning of the day, another four about two hours later, another four about two hours later,” he told Hannity.

At one level, he stated he was even utilizing a morphine drip. It wasn’t till a physician intervened that he started to interrupt the cycle. 

“The more I took, the less they worked and that’s something that we know for a fact. Science knows that these opioids were never created for long-term use.” 

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After lastly stepping away from opioids, Williams sought more healthy methods to handle his situation. He credit a vegan food plan with serving to to scale back irritation and says CBD has additionally performed a task in relieving ache. 

However maybe crucial change got here from inside.

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“I went on a vegan, vegetarian diet for about five years. I didn’t do anything but liquid food. The biggest nemesis of MS is inflammation, so I wanted to reduce the inflammation. Once I learned how to reduce inflammation, that started mitigating a little bit of pain,” he defined. 

“Then I started learning some things of how to literally psychologically grab it, put it in a box, stick it away. As long as I keep it in that box,” he claims, he’s higher capable of cope. 

Getting emotional, he added: “While we have to talk about it, it comes back.”

The total interview between Sean Hannity and Montel Williams is now available to stream on Fox Nation.