Montel has excruciating pain in his legs, sexual disfunction, eye problems, emotional liability (ever noticed he cries on almost every show . . . not to mention his anger issues?), balance problems, etc., but apparently does not suffer from fatigue. On two occasions, he has attempted suicide.

He also has a great attitude, lots of money, is extremely physically fit, and has access to the best help & medical assistance that money can buy.

And . . . he looks so good.

In one interview about his book, he said the following:

"I wrote Climbing Higher because I was walking through an airport one day in Chicago and a woman walked up to me using a walker and she stopped me and she said, "Montel, thank God for you. I have MS and I appreciate all that you do and the fact you've put a face to it." We talked for about 5 or 10 minutes about medication, exercise, and then we both had to go catch our flights.

As she turned to walk away from me she said, "But, I've got to tell you one thing. You really do make it hard on us sometimes."

I said, "What do you mean, what are you talking about?"

"My husband says to me, all the time, why can't you be like Montel? He goes to work and he's dealing with this, why can't you be like him?"

I decided to write this book, because I realized that most people out there only know the one-hour-a-day me, and they don't see any weakness whatsoever. I wrote this book so people understand that I'm not Superman. For me, like everybody else that has this illness, it is an everyday thing. Sometimes every hour of the day, but you know what? I decided somebody's got to be in it, and if it's me, I'm in it to win it."

http://www.medicinenet.com/script/ma...ticlekey=53785

His book is an eye-opener, and unless someone else wrote it for him (but why?), he definitely knows MS intimately.

Cherie