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Wednesday, October 25, 2006
'Laverne and Shirley' actor (Squiggy) David Lander works for cause close to his heart:: King County Journal ::
Fans of the 1970s hit TV show "Laverne and Shirley" knew him as Squiggy, the greasy-haired neighbor with the screechy voice.
What they may not know about actor David Lander is that for 15 years, he hid a secret.
He has multiple sclerosis.
He was 34, married and the father of an 11-month-old daughter when he was diagnosed 14 years ago.
Beset by unexplained symptoms, including numbness in his fingers and arm that came and went, he was "beginning to feel like a hypochondriac."
One day, he woke up unable to walk.
"I couldn't balance. I had no strength," he says.
His doctor ordered a spinal tap.
"He told me I either had a brain tumor, which would be fatal, or MS, which isn't," he says.
Either way, "he told me I'd never walk again."
And then came the diagnosis. "He was talking. I was hearing," Lander recalls. "But it was all a surrealistic state. Back then, there were no treatments. He told me 'There is no cure. The only guarantee I can make is it will get worse.' It was pretty grim."
As it turns out, the doctor was wrong.Fans of the 1970s hit TV show "Laverne and Shirley" knew him as Squiggy, the greasy-haired neighbor with the screechy voice.
What they may not know about actor David Lander is that for 15 years, he hid a secret.
He has multiple sclerosis.
He was 34, married and the father of an 11-month-old daughter when he was diagnosed 14 years ago.
Beset by unexplained symptoms, including numbness in his fingers and arm that came and went, he was "beginning to feel like a hypochondriac."
One day, he woke up unable to walk.
"I couldn't balance. I had no strength," he says.
His doctor ordered a spinal tap.
"He told me I either had a brain tumor, which would be fatal, or MS, which isn't," he says.
Either way, "he told me I'd never walk again."
And then came the diagnosis. "He was talking. I was hearing," Lander recalls. "But it was all a surrealistic state. Back then, there were no treatments. He told me 'There is no cure. The only guarantee I can make is it will get worse.' It was pretty grim."
As it turns out, the doctor was wrong.....Fans of the 1970s hit TV show "Laverne and Shirley" knew him as Squiggy, the greasy-haired neighbor with the screechy voice.
What they may not know about actor David Lander is that for 15 years, he hid a secret.
He has multiple sclerosis.
He was 34, married and the father of an 11-month-old daughter when he was diagnosed 14 years ago.
Beset by unexplained symptoms, including numbness in his fingers and arm that came and went, he was "beginning to feel like a hypochondriac."
One day, he woke up unable to walk.
"I couldn't balance. I had no strength," he says.
His doctor ordered a spinal tap.
"He told me I either had a brain tumor, which would be fatal, or MS, which isn't," he says.
Either way, "he told me I'd never walk again."
And then came the diagnosis. "He was talking. I was hearing," Lander recalls. "But it was all a surrealistic state. Back then, there were no treatments. He told me 'There is no cure. The only guarantee I can make is it will get worse.' It was pretty grim."
As it turns out, the doctor was wrong.Fans of the 1970s hit TV show "Laverne and Shirley" knew him as Squiggy, the greasy-haired neighbor with the screechy voice.
What they may not know about actor David Lander is that for 15 years, he hid a secret.
He has multiple sclerosis.
He was 34, married and the father of an 11-month-old daughter when he was diagnosed 14 years ago.
Beset by unexplained symptoms, including numbness in his fingers and arm that came and went, he was "beginning to feel like a hypochondriac."
One day, he woke up unable to walk.
"I couldn't balance. I had no strength," he says.
His doctor ordered a spinal tap.
"He told me I either had a brain tumor, which would be fatal, or MS, which isn't," he says.
Either way, "he told me I'd never walk again."
And then came the diagnosis. "He was talking. I was hearing," Lander recalls. "But it was all a surrealistic state. Back then, there were no treatments. He told me 'There is no cure. The only guarantee I can make is it will get worse.' It was pretty grim."
As it turns out, the doctor was wrong.more
Fans of the 1970s hit TV show "Laverne and Shirley" knew him as Squiggy, the greasy-haired neighbor with the screechy voice.
What they may not know about actor David Lander is that for 15 years, he hid a secret.
He has multiple sclerosis.
He was 34, married and the father of an 11-month-old daughter when he was diagnosed 14 years ago.
Beset by unexplained symptoms, including numbness in his fingers and arm that came and went, he was "beginning to feel like a hypochondriac."
One day, he woke up unable to walk.
"I couldn't balance. I had no strength," he says.
His doctor ordered a spinal tap.
"He told me I either had a brain tumor, which would be fatal, or MS, which isn't," he says.
Either way, "he told me I'd never walk again."
And then came the diagnosis. "He was talking. I was hearing," Lander recalls. "But it was all a surrealistic state. Back then, there were no treatments. He told me 'There is no cure. The only guarantee I can make is it will get worse.' It was pretty grim."
As it turns out, the doctor was wrong.Fans of the 1970s hit TV show "Laverne and Shirley" knew him as Squiggy, the greasy-haired neighbor with the screechy voice.
What they may not know about actor David Lander is that for 15 years, he hid a secret.
He has multiple sclerosis.
He was 34, married and the father of an 11-month-old daughter when he was diagnosed 14 years ago.
Beset by unexplained symptoms, including numbness in his fingers and arm that came and went, he was "beginning to feel like a hypochondriac."
One day, he woke up unable to walk.
"I couldn't balance. I had no strength," he says.
His doctor ordered a spinal tap.
"He told me I either had a brain tumor, which would be fatal, or MS, which isn't," he says.
Either way, "he told me I'd never walk again."
And then came the diagnosis. "He was talking. I was hearing," Lander recalls. "But it was all a surrealistic state. Back then, there were no treatments. He told me 'There is no cure. The only guarantee I can make is it will get worse.' It was pretty grim."
As it turns out, the doctor was wrong.....Fans of the 1970s hit TV show "Laverne and Shirley" knew him as Squiggy, the greasy-haired neighbor with the screechy voice.
What they may not know about actor David Lander is that for 15 years, he hid a secret.
He has multiple sclerosis.
He was 34, married and the father of an 11-month-old daughter when he was diagnosed 14 years ago.
Beset by unexplained symptoms, including numbness in his fingers and arm that came and went, he was "beginning to feel like a hypochondriac."
One day, he woke up unable to walk.
"I couldn't balance. I had no strength," he says.
His doctor ordered a spinal tap.
"He told me I either had a brain tumor, which would be fatal, or MS, which isn't," he says.
Either way, "he told me I'd never walk again."
And then came the diagnosis. "He was talking. I was hearing," Lander recalls. "But it was all a surrealistic state. Back then, there were no treatments. He told me 'There is no cure. The only guarantee I can make is it will get worse.' It was pretty grim."
As it turns out, the doctor was wrong.Fans of the 1970s hit TV show "Laverne and Shirley" knew him as Squiggy, the greasy-haired neighbor with the screechy voice.
What they may not know about actor David Lander is that for 15 years, he hid a secret.
He has multiple sclerosis.
He was 34, married and the father of an 11-month-old daughter when he was diagnosed 14 years ago.
Beset by unexplained symptoms, including numbness in his fingers and arm that came and went, he was "beginning to feel like a hypochondriac."
One day, he woke up unable to walk.
"I couldn't balance. I had no strength," he says.
His doctor ordered a spinal tap.
"He told me I either had a brain tumor, which would be fatal, or MS, which isn't," he says.
Either way, "he told me I'd never walk again."
And then came the diagnosis. "He was talking. I was hearing," Lander recalls. "But it was all a surrealistic state. Back then, there were no treatments. He told me 'There is no cure. The only guarantee I can make is it will get worse.' It was pretty grim."
As it turns out, the doctor was wrong.more