<p>After revealing her behind-closed-doors battle with multiple sclerosis, actress Jamie-Lynn&nbsp;Sigler&nbsp;feels a new sense of connection and purpose.</p>

- Alison Prato

SO FAR, JAMIE-LYNN

Sigler, 35, has had a year of milestones: In mid-January, the former Sopranos star married her fiance of almost three years, baseball player Cutter Dykstra, in a Palm Springs wedding. And just a few days later, she dropped a major health bomb: At 20, she had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS), and she’d been privately fighting the disease ever since. With her husband and their 3-year-old son, Beau, by her side, the actress finally put her secret out into the world, and she feels more in control than ever. She called us from the New Mexico set of the upcoming Western film Justice to share what it’s like owning her truth.

How did you feel the day your story came out?

I woke up hysterically crying. I’d heard my phone going off and I said to my husband, “I feel so vulnerable right now.” I was so afraid. He said, “Let me get Beau. You stay in bed and relax, and open your phone. I think you might be surprised.” I was like, “You look first.” So he went through all my text messages, Twitter and Instagram, and he was like, “Jamie, you have to read this—you’re making a difference.” So I sat in bed for two hours by myself, reading every comment and message, and it was amazing. All of a sudden I was a part of a group that I felt honored to represent, and I realized I could maybe make a difference.

How are you doing emotionally?

I still have days where