Teri Garr Quotes

You become aware of an illness by understanding yourself and understanding the meaning that that illness has in your own life, symbolically and, more importantly, quite literally.

I got sick when I was 19, and I'd been a really healthy 19-year-old, so I don't have a lot to compare it to. Does it feel like the pain after you give birth? I don't know.

Cancer, like any other illness, is a bore.

Sjogren's is something you live with your whole life. The good news for me is now I know what's happening after spending years not knowing... I feel like I can get better and move on.

Crohn's doesn't define who you are. You are a human being; you are special and a great addition to society. Crohn's is just a part of your life. Try to be positive and proactive - therein lies the solution.

Cancer is a serious subject, one many battle daily.

Cancer has affected my family; my mother and father have battled cancer. I know how tough it is.

Reality is I'm sick all the time.

I have been dealing with illness and its manifestations since I was a teenager, and I think that gives me a very healthy respect for the things in life we can't control.

You wouldn't know I was sick unless you knew I was sick.

I never thought of having cancer as something that was unfair. I just braced myself and tried to get through it.

Having been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1998, and I am continually amazed by the level of support I receive from individuals across the country.

Having cancer gave me membership in an elite club I'd rather not belong to.

In the beginning, when I first found out I had a disease that was incurable, emotionally I had to get used to the idea of being sick before I could think about making any other major decisions in my life.

I've met a ton of new people who have colitis or Crohn's. Talking to them has been probably the most healing thing: to hear other people's attitudes on how they deal with their disease and how they stay positive.

My advice to people with any disease is to live above it.

Anybody who has cancer, they take it one day at a time.

Being diagnosed with cancer is terrifying.

I don't want to be brain tumor girl. I don't want this to be my thing.

Obviously, cancer has affected my life, mostly everyone in the world in some level.

Bipolar disorder is a scary disease, but it is manageable. And I feel blessed that I was able to get the right attention and the right medication to deal with my specific illness.

I have been unexpectedly confronted with my own mortality as I was told that I had cancer.

The moment I understood this - that my Parkinson's was the one thing I wasn't going to change - I started looking at the things I could change, like the way research is funded.

Overcoming the obstacle of my diabetes diagnosis was something that forced me tackle the challenge head-on and, with an amazing support system, eventually come out stronger.

They certainly give very strange names to diseases.