Jerry Lewis Quotes

I think many people with a chronic illness would prefer not to have their chronic illness, simply because it's high maintenance.

Those who become mentally ill often have a history of chronic pain.

I've never experienced chronic pain myself, but I have known many people over the years who have.

Science is beginning to catch up with global health problems.

In many ways, human health is the great global connector.

In my 20s I was in constant pain from undiagnosed endometriosis. With no prospect of a cure, I decided I needed a career - writing - that could accommodate being ill.

Things like depression and obesity are global challenges.

Disability has become a form of permanent welfare for a lot of folks. It's not that hard to prove a mental illness or mental issues or pain issues.

The March of Dimes turned a disease not nearly as prevalent as childhood cancer into a national crusade. Polio was not that widespread.

Reality is I'm sick all the time.

There's days when my body's better than other days. It still gives me problems. But it's very manageable. Rehab is forever my friend.

I go into every fight with a bad back and overweight and a damn-near diabetic.

We need to build on the progress of the Affordable Care Act, not tear it down in the middle of a global pandemic.

I can't even remember playing a game without pain.

We who suffer from chronic Lyme can only ask for our loved ones to try to understand and be compassionate about this invisible disease.

Florida sends me a handicap sticker when I'm there. It's embarrassing. But I can't walk more than six holes before the whole knee swells up, and then I can't go anymore.

The millions of people in our country with severe health-care needs needed to know that many of us in the House and Senate have those kinds of concerns, too.

I've had my elbows operated on, both my knees are shot, I've got stitches everywhere.

When struggling to get out of bed in the morning due to pain and exhaustion, the last thing on the priority list is going to get a blow dry.

I have some issues that I don't know if they will become issues. I have some things in my head, I forget things. I can't turn my head a lot or my brain crashes. I have back and wrist pain.

Since the attack I have undergone over 250 operations to improve my physical functioning.

I've urged employers to address workers' pain.

It's just been really hard, 'cause I had a really hard year in 2012 where I had to have triple hernia surgery, and I was out of commission for a year; I couldn't walk, I couldn't sing, I couldn't do anything with work. So it was kind of a rough year.

Hopefully with my so-called celebrity, I can help open more people's eyes to Epilepsy disorders.

The war on drugs is very, very real, and the war on helping people with mental illness is very, very real.