Quotes By Mary Ann Mobley

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

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

In 1962 I was diagnosed with this incurable disease.

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 do a lot of races for the cure for breast cancer.

Only a portion of my intestinal tract was working.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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