Elaine Paige Quotes

When I got diagnosed, the more research I did about it - MS overall, as a subject, as a disease - there's a lot of misconceptions and there's a lot of unknowns about it, and there wasn't anyone out that was close to my age or close to anything like me out there.

I did not want to become a poster child for yet another disease.

I am a sufferer of endometriosis. I didn't want any young women to go through what I went through. I thought that people should know about it.

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.

Cancer is a very real thing. it takes a lot of lives every year. It's something we can always pursue and try to find a cure, and try to raise money.

I know a lot about systemic lupus erythematosus because I have it, too. I was diagnosed through the NHS when I first moved to England in 2008 following months of serious illness.

Multiple Sclerosis is obviously close to my heart and I'm determined to make a difference in the lives of people who suffer from the disease by raising the profile of MS, as well as raising funds for advocacy and research.

Individuals with kidney disease who are able to obtain treatment early experience a higher quality of life and are able to maintain more of their day-to-day activities, including keeping their jobs.

Cancer is so much bigger than a TV show.

Cancer, like any other illness, is a bore.

I want to stand on a platform in the middle of Times Square and shout, 'You do not have to battle your Crohn's disease alone.'

Cancer affects all of us, whether you're a daughter, mother, sister, friend, coworker, doctor, patient.

Seventy-five percent of MS sufferers are women.

I have a disease, but I also have a lot of other things.

Everywhere I go people come up to me, they mob me - anyone who has MS or has a relative with MS - they come up and hug and cry.

The most important thing is to bring people with Parkinson's into our world and for the public to have a real understanding of it, as they're beginning to have with autism.

We all live with cancer, whether it is present in ourselves or affects someone we love.

Cancer is a serious subject, one many battle daily.

What chance has cancer against me?

The more we know about Lyme, the more we can do to treat patients and educate families to stop the spread of this debilitating disease.

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

Nobody talks about cancer until they have to, and then, it's really all you can talk about.

You hear the word 'cancer,' it scares you. You think of death.

Where patient needs are complex, we should provide greater support in the community so that patients can cut down on trips to the tertiary hospital.

I had about four days of like, 'Pity party, woe is me, it's all over.' Then I did some research and spoke with doctors and got in contact with people who have MS, and I soon realized it's actually a lot more manageable than the kind of public perception of it is, and that's part of the reason why I've been so outspoken about it.