Left Quote by Daniel Jacobs

I was born with a tumour wrapped around my spinal cord that was cut out when I was only a couple of days old.

— Dylan Alcott

I'm ticking things off my list: I had a tumor removed; I had spinal surgery; I had four surgeries in three months.

— Jennifer Grey

I was able to get operated on four days after I was diagnosed. It was just a matter of getting this baseball-sized tumor out…

— Eric Davis

I had bad back injuries; two bulging discs and a broken fragment off a disc, all in my sciatic nerve.

— Alexander Volkanovski

In June 1992, I discovered a lump in my breast. A subsequent mammogram, ultrasound and a needle biopsy proved negative. But my instinct said…

— Olivia Newton-John

In 2012, I was diagnosed with melanoma - skin cancer - and had to get surgery on my left foot. I was out for…

— Witney Carson

I had nerve damage. It was going to lead to amputation. I had high blood pressure, high cholesterol.

— Eric Adams

I had a tumor. But it was great.

— David Rakoff

I was numb and I had lots of swollen lymph nodes, my heart was hurting and I had blood clots in my arm and…

— Corey Haim

I was diagnosed with Graves' disease, an illness of the thyroid gland. Instead of surgery, I was given radiation treatment.

— Gail Devers

I had a mild case of polio as a child. Not enough to cripple me, but it was polio. I still have an atrophy…

— Cyd Charisse

My right side is paralyzed. I need no doctor. I can overcome my own troubles.

— Andrew Johnson