24 Quotes by Mary Ann Mobley

I testified in front of a Congressional subcommittee when we were searching for additional money for research. I was a bit apprehensive.

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.

The one thing I have wanted to stay away from is the steroids. When I had an attack two years ago in my home state of Mississippi, they put me on steroids, thinking they were doing the right thing, and I had a violent reaction.

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.'

In 1962 I was diagnosed with this incurable disease.

I just don't believe in surgery unless there are no other alternatives. I think that sometimes it is so easy to say, Let's operate.

Have a hand in your own treatment. I have nothing but praise for our doctors, but I think they could help us better, and we can help them if we work together.

My daughter is one of the associate producers on two shows for Disney. I am really proud of her.

I got cocky and I stopped taking my vitamins. It was an inconvenience to have a suitcase full of vitamins with me on the road. About two years ago, it caught up with me.