If you get a diagnosis, get on a therapy, keep a good attitude and keep your sense of humor.
Teri GarrIn 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 GarrWhen you hear the word 'disabled,' people immediately think about people who can't walk or talk or do everything that people take for granted. Now, I take nothing for granted. But I find the real disability is people who can't find joy in life and are bitter.
Teri GarrYou 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 GarrIf there's ever a woman who's smart, funny, or witty, people are afraid of that, so they don't write that. They only write parts for women where they let everything be steamrolled over them, where they let people wipe their feet all over them.
Teri GarrThere were symptoms that I saw, and though I went to many doctors and had many tests, no one diagnosed MS.
Teri GarrI 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 GarrI 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 GarrYou 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 GarrMy 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 GarrOddly 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 GarrGoing to dancing school, or being in a play, is a very familial feeling. You're around friends.
Teri GarrI understand how hard it is to talk to people about MS. You don't want pity or random advice.
Teri GarrI was in an acting class taught by Eric Morris, and Jack Nicholson was in the class. He wrote the script for 'Head', so all of us in the class got little tiny parts in the movie.
Teri GarrI refused David Letterman's proposal of marriage for obvious reasons, but thanks for asking.
Teri GarrAny movie I've ever made, the minute you walk on the set they tell you who's the person to buy it from.
Teri GarrI 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 GarrI remember when we did our first read-through, Sonny [Bono] looks at the script and he goes, "Okay, I'll see you guys later. Chai-ay-oh!" And I said, "It's ciao! Aren't you Italian? C-i-a-o doesn't spell 'chai-ay-oh.'" Sonny's dead, so he won't be embarrassed if I tell that story.
Teri GarrI've always had this American-pie face that would get work in commercials... I'd say things like, 'Hi, Marge, how's your laundry?' and 'Hi, I'm a real nice Georgia peach.' Sometimes this work is one step above being a cocktail waitress.
Teri GarrI 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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