While the actress initially was symptom-free, over the past decade she has turned to MS ***** to keep her condition at bay. "Things are manageable **w," she added. "It takes a fighting attitude to deal With all this. This disease can absolutely take over your life if you let it." But Jamie said her husband and their 2-year-old son, Beau, have given her the courage to be more open about her illness. "I'm at a point in my life With my son, With my new marriage, it's a new me. I don't want to hold a secret where it feels like I have something to be ashamed of or have something to hide. It's part of me, but it's **t who I am."