Teri Ann Garr (born December 11, 1944) is an American stage, television and film actress, singer, dancer and voice artist.
There were symptoms that I saw, and though I went to many doctors and had many tests, no one diagnosed MS.
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.
If 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.
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.
I plan to live to be 120!
I take one of the interferon therapies, Rebif.
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
There's always going to be somebody worse off than me
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.
I've always been this insane. Isn't that interesting?
If you get a diagnosis, get on a therapy, keep a good attitude and keep your sense of humor.
I understand how hard it is to talk to people about MS. You don't want pity or random advice.
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.
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.
I refused David Letterman's proposal of marriage for obvious reasons, but thanks for asking.
Seventy-five percent of MS sufferers are women
I'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.
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.
Take a step back, evaluate what is important, and enjoy life.
I think there are a lot of myths about MS, and it may have affected my career.