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.

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

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

There were symptoms that I saw, and though I went to many doctors and had...

There were symptoms that I saw, and though I went to many doctors and had...

I go to my physical therapist to keep fighting it and one of them told...

I go to my physical therapist to keep fighting it and one of them told...

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

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

Oddly enough, MS has made my life so much better than it was before. I...

Oddly enough, MS has made my life so much better than it was before. I...

Someday they may cure MS, that idiot thing. It gets in there and they can't...

Someday they may cure MS, that idiot thing. It gets in there and they can't...

I plan to live to be 120!

I plan to live to be 120!

You have to find out what's right for you, so it's trial and error. You...

You have to find out what's right for you, so it's trial and error. You...

There are things that you can do today that, years ago, there was nothing. The...

There are things that you can do today that, years ago, there was nothing. The...

I have heard all kinds of stories about telling employers about MS and I really...

I have heard all kinds of stories about telling employers about MS and I really...

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

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

My doctor said, for want of a better word, now that we've got medicines out...

My doctor said, for want of a better word, now that we've got medicines out...

Seventy-five percent of MS sufferers are women.

Seventy-five percent of MS sufferers are women.

I take one of the interferon therapies, Rebif.

I take one of the interferon therapies, Rebif.

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

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

I refused David Letterman's proposal of marriage for obvious reasons, but thanks for asking.

I refused David Letterman's proposal of marriage for obvious reasons, but thanks for asking.

Any movie I've ever made, the minute you walk on the set they tell you...

Any movie I've ever made, the minute you walk on the set they tell you...

With this disease it is so easy to throw in the towel, and that is...

With this disease it is so easy to throw in the towel, and that is...

You can keep it to yourself, but you could also call a support team like...

You can keep it to yourself, but you could also call a support team like...

I understand how hard it is to talk to people about MS. You don't want...

I understand how hard it is to talk to people about MS. You don't want...