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.

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Teri Garr, an American actress, has worked hard and is now happy to travel around the country talking about her experience living with multiple sclerosis (MS). She wants to inspire and motivate people to help themselves, to show them that even with a difficult condition, they can still live a fulfilling life.

About Teri Garr

Teri Garr is a retired American actress known for her comedic roles in films like Young Frankenstein, Tootsie, and Mr. Mom. With over 140 credits, she was nominated for an Academy Award and has won other prestigious awards. Garr’s quick wit and charming personality made her a sought-after guest on late-night shows.

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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

I’ve always been this insane. Isn’t that interesting?

Teri Garr

American actress

Someday they may cure MS, that idiot thing. It gets in there and they can’t get it out.

Teri Garr

American actress

MS doesn’t define who I am.

Teri Garr

American actress

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

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 been off the motorcycles for about 20 years now, but that doesn’t mean I can’t still do it.

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

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

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

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

Take a step back, evaluate what is important, and enjoy life.

Teri Garr

American actress

I plan to live to be 120!

Teri Garr

American actress

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

I think there are a lot of myths about MS, and it may have affected my career.

Teri Garr

American actress

I understand how hard it is to talk to people about MS. You don’t want pity or random advice.

Teri Garr

American actress

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

I have a disease, but I also have a lot of other things.

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

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

There’s always going to be somebody worse off than me.

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

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

Seventy-five percent of MS sufferers are women.

Teri Garr

American actress

I have an enormous fondness for delicious food. It’s very comforting.

Teri Garr

American actress

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

I do Pilates a lot. I don’t do a lot of cardiovascular stuff.

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

You have to lift your head up out of the mud and just do it.

Teri Garr

American actress

You can be diagnosed and treated early. And there is hope for the future.

Teri Garr

American actress

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

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