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Teri Garr
American
Actress
About the author
I do Pilates a lot. I don't do a lot of cardiovascular stuff.
Teri Garr,
American
Actress
I go to my physical therapist to keep fighting it and one of them told me if you don't use it, you lose it, but I know we're on television so I won't say what I would often say.
Teri Garr,
American
Actress
#Fighting
#Television
You can keep it to yourself, but you could also call a support team like the team at MS LifeLines. They are there to support the MS community and give good advice.
Teri Garr,
American
Actress
#Support
#Community
#Advice
I have been off the motorcycles for about 20 years now, but that doesn't mean I can't still do it.
Teri Garr,
American
Actress
#Now
#Years
I plan to live to be 120!
Teri Garr,
American
Actress
If you get a diagnosis, get on a therapy, keep a good attitude and keep your sense of humor.
Teri Garr,
American
Actress
#Sense
#Attitude
#Humor
#Therapy
I've always been this insane. Isn't that interesting?
Teri Garr,
American
Actress
I'm wondering if they haven't reported all the people with MS, because if all of the cases were reported, the government would have to step in and give more financial aid to us.
Teri Garr,
American
Actress
#People
#Government
#Financial
I understand how hard it is to talk to people about MS. You don't want pity or random advice.
Teri Garr,
American
Actress
#Want
#Talk
#People
#Pity
#Advice
I think there are a lot of myths about MS, and it may have affected my career.
Teri Garr,
American
Actress
#Career
#May
#Myths
I think eventually they're going to find out that MS is like 10 different things. I have a neurological disease something like MS, and it's MS, so let's take medicine for it.
Teri Garr,
American
Actress
#Disease
#Medicine
I take one of the interferon therapies, Rebif.
Teri Garr,
American
Actress
I refused David Letterman's proposal of marriage for obvious reasons, but thanks for asking.
Teri Garr,
American
Actress
#Marriage
#Obvious
I recently saw the movie about Ray Charles, and there's a scene where he falls down and the mother doesn't help him. She says, I don't want anyone to treat you like a cripple. I've fallen down before, and Molly will say, get up and just go.
Teri Garr,
American
Actress
#Want
#Will
#Help
#Mother
You have to lift your head up out of the mud and just do it.
Teri Garr,
American
Actress
There were symptoms that I saw, and though I went to many doctors and had many tests, no one diagnosed MS.
Teri Garr,
American
Actress
#Tests
#Doctors
You have to find out what's right for you, so it's trial and error. You are going to be all right if you accept realistic goals for yourself.
Teri Garr,
American
Actress
#Right
#Goals
#Error
MS doesn't define who I am.
Teri Garr,
American
Actress
I have worked enough and I am happy to be touring the country speaking about living with MS to give people inspiration and motivation to help themselves.
Teri Garr,
American
Actress
#People
#Country
#Living
#Help
#Inspiration
#Motivation
My doctor said, for want of a better word, now that we've got medicines out here that can help, let's put you on one of them and say we're treating MS.
Teri Garr,
American
Actress
#Want
#Now
#Word
#Help
Oddly enough, MS has made my life so much better than it was before. I now appreciate what I have and I am not running around like a rat in a maze.
Teri Garr,
American
Actress
#Now
#Life
#Running
Seventy-five percent of MS sufferers are women.
Teri Garr,
American
Actress
#Women
Someday they may cure MS, that idiot thing. It gets in there and they can't get it out.
Teri Garr,
American
Actress
#May
#Cure
Take a step back, evaluate what is important, and enjoy life.
Teri Garr,
American
Actress
#Life
#Evaluate
In addition to having a good partnership with a good doctor, you have to do some of the work yourself. Go online, read about it, and find out what you can tolerate.
Teri Garr,
American
Actress
#Work
#Partnership
Any movie I've ever made, the minute you walk on the set they tell you who's the person to buy it from.
Teri Garr,
American
Actress
I have a disease, but I also have a lot of other things.
Teri Garr,
American
Actress
#Disease
I have heard all kinds of stories about telling employers about MS and I really don't know what the answer is. I am a private person, but I have found support by talking to fellow MSrs in the community.
Teri Garr,
American
Actress
#Support
#Talking
#Community
You can be diagnosed and treated early. And there is hope for the future.
Teri Garr,
American
Actress
#Hope
#Future
There are things that you can do today that, years ago, there was nothing. The community today needs to know that with MRI and the current medications the view is good.
Teri Garr,
American
Actress
#Nothing
#Years
#Today
#Needs
#Community
With this disease it is so easy to throw in the towel, and that is the worst thing we can do.
Teri Garr,
American
Actress
#Disease
There's always going to be somebody worse off than me.
Teri Garr,
American
Actress
I have an enormous fondness for delicious food. It's very comforting.
Teri Garr,
American
Actress
#Food