Mary Ann Mobley
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.

Mary Ann Mobley
Mary Ann Mobley

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

Mary Ann Mobley
Mary Ann Mobley

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

Mary Ann Mobley
Mary Ann Mobley

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

Mary Ann Mobley
Mary Ann Mobley

Only a portion of my intestinal tract was working.

Mary Ann Mobley
Mary Ann Mobley

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

Mary Ann Mobley
Mary Ann Mobley

In 1962 I was diagnosed with this incurable disease.

Mary Ann Mobley
Mary Ann Mobley

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

Mary Ann Mobley
Mary Ann Mobley

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.

Mary Ann Mobley
Mary Ann Mobley

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

Mary Ann Mobley
Mary Ann Mobley

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.

Mary Ann Mobley
Mary Ann Mobley

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

Mary Ann Mobley
Mary Ann Mobley

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

Mary Ann Mobley
Mary Ann Mobley

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.

Mary Ann Mobley
Mary Ann Mobley

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

Mary Ann Mobley
Mary Ann Mobley

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.'

Mary Ann Mobley
Mary Ann Mobley

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.