Cancer Quotes - Page 39

• Don't sit around playing Mr. Tough Guy. Don't say 'It's going to go away'... It's just important - just go get checked out. It's not like you're going to lose your manhood.

  Peter Criss

  Guy, Important, Going Away

  "Original KISS drummer celebrates surviving breast cancer". Interview with Madison Park, edition.cnn.com. October 15, 2009.

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• I've always thought of myself as being a warrior. When you actually have a battle, it's better than when you don't know who to fight.

  Carly Simon

  Fighting, Warrior, Battle

  "Carly Simon Battles Back From Breast Cancer" by George Rush, Joanna Molloy, Marcus Baram et al., www.nydailynews.com. May 5, 1998.

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• I plan on ... encouraging so many women who are out there, who are still in the thick of it, who have yet to fight this fight, that you can do it, you can get through this one step at a time.

  Amy Robach

  Fighting, Steps, One Step At A Time

  Amy Robach (2015). “Better: How I Let Go of Control, Held On to Hope, and Found Joy in My Darkest Hour”, p.194, Ballantine Books

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• One important thing to know is you're still the same person during it. I'm more eager than ever to do what I did. I want to do everything.

  Kylie Minogue

  Important, Want, Persons

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• We never hid anything from the kids. I feel whole again, I really do. I've told them, 'Mommy's boo-boo is much better now.'

  Wanda Sykes

  Kids, Feels, Boo Boo

  "Wanda Sykes: I Feel Whole Again" by Julie Jordan, people.com. October 27, 2011.

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• The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. So the only thing to really be afraid of is if you don't go get your mammograms.

  Cynthia Nixon

  Mammograms, Ifs, Breast Cancer

  "Cynthia Nixon Beats Breast Cancer, Becomes Advocate" by Olivia Sterns, Jen Periera, Thea Trachtenberg and Laura Zaccaro, abcnews.go.com. April 15, 2008.

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• Cancer is such a frightening and emotional roller coaster. It's a ride we all want to get off! My best advice is, find the 'glue' that will hold you together - whether it's religion, family, friends, music, yoga, a hobby or a cancer support group. Even our pets can be amazing healers. Be patient and don't give up. Trust me when I say you will come out changed and stronger on the other end of this.

  Brenda Jones

  Giving Up, Yoga, Don't Give Up

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• Fear does its best work in isolation. Courage wears the face of your ability to love and be loved. Breakthrough happens when you discover your self-worth had nothing to do with what you looked like.

  Lynn Jones

  Self Worth, Over You, Doe

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• Now I have a third must-do on my list of things to do with cancer, and it's this: follow your gut, ask questions, don't be complacent.

  Cynthia Nixon

  Lists, Complacent, Things To Do

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• Sometimes, you know, I cry. And sometimes I scream. And I get really angry. And I get really upset, you know, into wallowing in self-pity sometimes. And I think that it's all part of the healing.

  Christina Applegate

  Healing, Thinking, Self

  "EXCLUSIVE: Applegate Underwent Breast Removal to Stop Cancer". Interview with Brian O'keefe, Lee Ferran, abcnews.go.com. August 19, 2008.

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• I didn't even think of my breasts in a nostalgic way, I just wanted to be able to live my life without that fear all the time. It's not 'pity me', it's a decision I made that's got rid of this weight that I was carrying around.

  Sharon Osbourne

  Thinking, Decision, Weight

  "Sharon Osbourne reveals she had preventive double mastectomy" by Lizzy Davies, www.theguardian.com. November 5, 2012.

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• Now if I go through it again, I think I would be a lot more open about it. I admire people who have been open like Melissa Ethridge and women I see walking around facing it without wigs and all of that stuff. I think I would be more courageous next time.

  Kathy Bates

  Thinking, People, Would Be

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• Women who have been recently diagnosed with breast cancer can learn a tremendous amount from women who have already been treated.

  Anne Wojcicki

  Breasts, Treated, Has Beens

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• Don't miss your life.

  Valerie Harper

  Fighting, Missing, Fighting Cancer

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• I don't want to be 'the girl with cancer' ... I just didn't want that to be my only thing. But it is part of me. And it's a big part of me.

  Hoda Kotb

  Girl, Want, Bigs

  "TODAY anchor empowered after cancer". Interview with Ann Curry, www.today.com. October 17, 2007.

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• You have to pay attention to who you are. You need to know your family history as well as you can. It is important for young women to have preventive care. If you catch any women's cancers early it's the difference between life and death. Do you really want to leave your kids without a mother?

  Cokie Roberts

  Mother, Kids, Differences

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• When I was going through my cancer treatment, I learned that you can never ask a stupid question. I asked every single question that came to my mind, and I believe that helped to calm my own anxiety.

  Maura Tierney

  Stupid, Believe, Anxiety

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• I was just shaking and then also immediately, I had to go into 'take-care-of-business-mode' which included a change to a more healthy diet.

  Christina Applegate

  Healthy, Care, Diets

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• We are a testament to the importance of early detection and new treatments. I encourage all women everywhere to advocate for themselves and for their future. See your doctor and be proactive about your health.

  Sheryl Crow

  Doctors, Proactive, Treatment

  "Sheryl Crow undergoes cancer surgery, postpones tour". www.mtv.com. February 25, 2006.

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• This is another kind of competition, but I'm being coached by an excellent team, and I've got a real strong competitive spirit.

  Peggy Fleming

  Strong, Real, Team

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• When other women have this same operation, it doesn't make any headlines. But the fact that I was the wife of the President put it in headlines and brought before the public this particular experience I was going through. It made a lot of women realize that it could happen to them. I'm sure I've saved at least one person maybe more.

  Betty Ford

  Wife, President, Facts

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• My breast cancer was caught very early thanks to my doctor a wonderful woman named Elsie Giogi, who just recently passed away after practicing medicine into her 80's. At the time, she had suggested I go for a baseline mammogram before age 40 because I had fibrocystic breasts. The mammogram discovered a tiny tumor, and it was so small that they were able to take it out very easily. I had a lumpectomy. Unfortunately, they did miss a little of the cancer, and two years later I had a mastectomy. But hey, I'm here, I'm alive, and I'm going to live to be 100!

  Kate Jackson

  Doctors, Years, Two

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• Upon hearing the results of her breast examination, the First Lady said - "I guess it's my turn."

  Nancy Reagan

  Examination, Hearing, Firsts

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• But when this happens to you - and I think other people would identify with this - suddenly, colors are brighter. You see everything.

  Lynn Redgrave

  Thinking, Color, People

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• I feel more inspired than ever, and think that I will finally achieve what I have long been wishing for: a balance of work and privacy - a harmony.

  Kylie Minogue

  Inspirational, Thinking, Long

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