According to Daily Blast LIVE, Montel Williams was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) — a neurological disease that occurs when the immune system attacks the body’s nerves, per John Hopkins — in 1999. However, Williams likely lived with the diseased for far longer. While speaking with WebMD Live, Williams revealed he dealt with a host of symptoms that his doctors failed to connect to MS for nearly two decades. The “initial symptoms are first in the vision or visual acuity,” shared Williams (via Medicine Net). While receiving his required immunizations to join the Navy, his “diphtheria and typhoid shots, for whatever reason, it triggered my first MS bout.” Williams lost “80% vision in my left eye,” which temporarily put his Naval future into question. Ultimately, Williams went undiagnosed for the next 19 years.
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Williams described receiving his diagnosis as “the worst day of my life,” per Life Extension, largely due to his doctor’s bleak prognosis. “The doctor looked me in the face and said that I’d probably be in a wheelchair in less than three years and that I should stop working, give up exercise and everything stressful in my life,” said Williams. However, the talk show host decided to take his future into his own hands and seek out treatments that would help keep him active and healthy.
