“Antioxidants have a good effect on certain forms of Crohn's disease.”

“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.”

“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.”

“I do a lot of races for the cure for breast cancer.”

“I get about 25 letters a month, and I answer every one of them.”

“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.”

“I grew up in the church, and I feel very strongly about it.”

“I have seen doctors, in good faith, leave patients on steroids for years, thinking they are doing right. A friend of mine was on steroids for so long, she has severe osteoporosis.”

“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'm home about two days a month, and on those I have to pack.”

“In 1962 I was diagnosed with this incurable disease.”

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

“Only a portion of my intestinal tract was working.”

“Stress exacerbates any problem, whether it's diabetes, heart trouble, MS, or whatever.”

“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.”

“Ulcerative colitis can be cured by the operation, but you cannot cure Crohn's disease.”

“We are going to find, I think, several different kinds of Crohn's disease.”