Mary Ann Mobley Quotes

At the time I was diagnosed with Crohn's disease, my doctors told me that I had an incurable illness and they didn't know much about it.

MS is not really a degenerative illness. It is not fatal, nor is it always progressive.

I have arthritis. The space around my spinal cord has become compressed.

It's a scary word, 'cancer.'

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.

There are some remedies worse than the disease.

I have had Crohn's for about 19 years. It is a debilitating disease that affects my colon.

Cancer, like any other illness, is a bore.

Not death but disease is the real enemy; disease, the malign force that requires confrontation. Death is the surcease that comes when the exhausting battle has been lost.

Remedies, indeed, are our great analysers of disease.

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.'

I have been extremely pleased to support the Trust's work in the Lupus Unit ever since. Personal experience also motivated me to become involved to help raise the awareness of the disease and hopefully thereby improve the speed of diagnosis.

In my experience, depression was not something that has been cured so much as managed, like a lot of illnesses.

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

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

While there is no cure, cystic fibrosis is so close to being a livable disease. There is a lot of hope.

If one delays the treatment of a disease, one does not recover quickly.

What I've been telling people is that the doctors are gaining on cancer very rapidly. It's almost become a chronic disease, like diabetes - something you can treat. It doesn't go away, and you're not well in the sense of being over it, but you go on and live your life.

If we become ill, modern medicine can work healing miracles.

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.

Every Crohn's and colitis patient is different, and they all respond to different things. That's the craziest thing about it.

Cancer is a serious subject, one many battle daily.

My life got turned upside down when I found out I had cancer.

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.

Cancer is tough. It is a relentless opponent that won't seem to go away.