‘90 Day Fiancé’ star Jenny Slatten, 68, diagnosed with ALS one year after developing frightening symptoms

“90 Day Fiancé” prima Jenny Slatten announced she has been diagnosed pinch amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

The TLC prima told People connected Tuesday that she sewage her test successful December 2025, 1 twelvemonth aft starting to show frightening symptoms, which included choking “badly” while drinking water.

The 68-year-old besides started to person problem swallowing pills and began experiencing migraines.

Speaking to nan outlet, she said that arsenic her symptoms continued, she and her husband, Sumit Singh, assumed it was “some benignant of infection.” 

After initially taking medicine that improved her wellness slightly, Slatten noticed her reside had started to slow down, causing her to awkward distant from conversations.

“That’s erstwhile we knew thing was wrong,” Slatten told nan outlet.

Shortly earlier she received her diagnosis, she traveled from India to New York City for a “90 Day Fiancé” holiday party, wherever her reside was noticeably slower.

After watching her interview, respective fans of nan show expressed interest for her health, but Singh, 38, admittedly conscionable assumed his woman was tired owed to deficiency of sleep.

But erstwhile 1 commenter suggested that Slatten could person ALS, Singh told nan outlet he decided to look into nan disease.

“And past I find retired that these symptoms she was having — this is what it looks like.”

The duo was moreover much horrified erstwhile they remembered Slatten’s begetter had died of ALS much than a decade ago.

Upon returning to India, she and Singh met pinch respective neurologists. At first, doctors believed she simply had “a small clot” successful her brain. But a 2nd sentiment revealed Slatten had ALS.

“We cried and held each other,” she recalled of nan infinitesimal they learned of her diagnosis, which has near them some “scared” for what their early will look like.

ALS is simply a fatal and progressive neurodegenerative illness that affects nervus cells successful nan encephalon and spinal cord, per nan Mayo Clinic. The information leads to musculus weakness, arsenic good arsenic nonaccomplishment of mobility and speech.

Doctors person told nan brace that nan progression of Slatten’s ALS “is slow.” For now, they are exploring imaginable treatments for nan disease, which presently has nary cure. 

“Right now we’re conscionable looking and searching,” she shared. By going nationalist pinch her diagnosis, Slatten hopes “maybe personification will travel guardant pinch something” that could thief her.

“I don’t want to beryllium treated immoderate different,” Slatten insisted. “Let’s conscionable unrecorded our life arsenic we person been while we can.”

Slatten and Singh — who first appeared connected “90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way” successful 2019 — person been leaning connected each different for support ever since learning of nan heartbreaking diagnosis.

“Honestly, I ne'er felt this overmuch love, aliases I tin emotion anyone this much,” Singh said. “I utilized to … unrecorded for myself. But from [the] past truthful galore years, I consciousness for illustration doing [things] for personification who you emotion gives you happiness, I deliberation that’s what emotion is. And that’s why we do things for each other, and that’s what make each different happy.”

“And we’re happy that we’re together,” Slatten added.

After overcoming issues complete their property spread and long-distance relationship, which played retired connected nan reality TV show, nan duo secretly tied nan knot successful August 2021.

Their friendly wedding was later televised during nan Season 3 finale of “90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way” successful November of that year.