Julie Roberts Reveals Struggle With MS

Another circumstance that I was dealing with when recording my 2^nd album was I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. It all started when I was on the road touring for my first album. I'd be in the middle of a show and couldn't hold my microphone anymore. I'd have to switch the microphone between my hands, back and forth to get through a song. Sometimes during a show, I would get these electric shocks that would start at the back of my head and felt like it would spread all over my head. I would be signing in my autograph line after a show and while writing the name my fan would give me I couldn't even see what I was writing. My vision was very blurry most nights. If I was in the gym, I couldn't even hold weights and you know how much I love to work out. I also had really bad headaches almost every single day. So, as soon as I could, I made an appointment with my primary care physician who then referred me to get an MRI of my brain and neck.

After all these doctor appointments, I would make my way back to the studio and work on my 2^nd album and wait for the results. One day all of the executives of the label were going to come listen to what I had recorded so far and I was so excited to see what they thought, but I got called away by a neurologist to speak with me about my brain scan. So, as my label listened to my new music, I listened to this doctor tell me I have 11 lesions on my brain and that I had MS.