Claire Wineland Quotes

I'm happy that I can focus on my body a little bit. I'm not happy to get surgery, but I'm happy that I can focus on getting better.

You take the cards you're dealt. I'm now ferociously healthy in body and mind. You couldn't pay me to go near a psychiatrist again. Stopping seeing them was my first step to getting well.

I try to stay positive by focusing on how much I'll appreciate my health if I get better.

Cancer is a disease where the patient can contribute a great deal of help himself if he or she can retain their morale and their hopes.

The most important thing about recovery is to pass the message on.

The human body experiences a powerful gravitational pull in the direction of hope. That is why the patient's hopes are the physician's secret weapon. They are the hidden ingredients in any prescription.

I do think that all of the well wishes have contributed to the fact that my treatment and recovery are going well.

I wanted to tell people you can live a full life, even if you're not feeling well.

You can move past your eating disorder and not let it have control over your life anymore.

While the sick man has life, there is hope.

One's attitude towards oneself is the single most important factor in healing and staying well.

If I were rewriting 'Love, Medicine & Miracles,' I might consider changing its title to 'The Side Effects of Cancer.' Healing is hard work, as is any change one must make in one's life. I and others have learned, however, that the side effects of cancer may not all be bad ones.

I was in a very deep, dark slump, and I needed to find a way to get myself out of it. I had to force myself back out into life, back out into experiencing things.

Life is not over because you have diabetes. Make the most of what you have, be grateful.

Do the best you can with yourself and hope for the best.

So, we have choice, and sometimes it seems very hard, but the best way to heal physically or emotionally is to keep positive.

Feeling better is not actually being better.

There is one consolation in being sick; and that is the possibility that you may recover to a better state than you were ever in before.

I want to help people with depression understand that there is hope, so that they can get the help they need to live rich, fulfilling lives.

Take your mind off the problems for a moment, and focus on the positive possibilities. Consider how very much you are able to do.

When I went through my eating disorder, I never sought medical assistance. I created myths in my head about how I should get through things, so the idea that I could surround myself with truth and feel comfortable enough to speak mine allowed me to breathe.

You are not just about death and disease.

I am well. Do not worry about my health.

But I know that trying to black out my past with oblivion will just damage my future. I made the decision to stop running from my fears, and to walk slowly and deliberately towards self-nurture, self-respect, and better mental and physical health.

I'm trying to stay focused - trying to open up again - and the music really did a lot of greatness for me and meeting a lot of people that really had concern and compassion for me.