Khaled Hosseini Quotes

I've been operated on 13 times.

I've had some surgery and shoulder problems.

I had already developed inherited back problems. I had degenerative disk disease, a form of scoliosis, arthritis. And I truly believe that if it weren't for the use of steroids - I'm not saying steroids is for everyone, but in my case in general, if I have not used steroids, I mean, physically right now I'd probably be a wreck.

I had two surgeries during the early part of 2012, and I was advised to restrict my work load.

I've had nine major operations in ten years. A lot of it is to do with something called retroperitoneal fibrosis, where the internal tissues attack each other.

I only get unusual ailments.

There are some sick people in this world.

Radical surgery is never fun.

John Kennedy had so many different medical problems that began when he was a boy. He started out with intestinal problems... spastic colitis.

Today we see a human population of over 6 billion people, many of whom have serious medical conditions, which either can't be treated or cannot be treated economically.

To the medical man, astrology is invaluable in diagnosing diseases and prescribing a remedy, for it reveals the hidden cause of all ailments.

You don't have free will when you have lung cancer.

Remember, I'm a doctor's daughter. So obviously I'm interested in all medical things.

The long, cold Minnesota winters instilled in me a fascination for exotic far off places; I aspired toward a career in tropical diseases and world health problems.

I told the doctor I broke my leg in two places. He told me to quit going to those places.

The politics have always been difficult in medicine. There is some truth in the way medical practice is portrayed in TV dramas.

For just a few dollars a dose, vaccines save lives and help reduce poverty. Unlike medical treatment, they provide a lifetime of protection from deadly and debilitating disease. They are safe and effective. They cut healthcare and treatment costs, reduce the number of hospital visits, and ensure healthier children, families and communities.

The lifelong health problems of John F. Kennedy constitute one of the best-kept secrets of recent U.S. history - no surprise, because if the extent of those problems had been revealed while he was alive, his presidential ambitions would likely have been dashed.

When you get older, your health becomes important to you, things start breaking down, you've always got a different ache or pain.

I continually still fight every day for my life, not only still battling mental health problems but battling multiple sclerosis, which also has depression as one of its side effects.

The first five to six years of my life were spent in and out of the hospital.

During my childhood, I had a long, dangerous spell of illness, and my health has always been delicate.

You had to be tough to survive being in the hospital during the Civil War.

I've had extraordinary good luck with my health, other than a broken elbow.

I feel great. I had a blood clot. It was a bad deal. But when I look at my friends with hip replacements, knee replacements, shoulder replacements, neck surgeries, back surgeries, I'll take the blood clot.