Quotes About Healing

We all know that being able to express deep emotion can literally save a person's life, and suppressing emotion can kill you both spiritually and physically.

I think drugs were used by me as a way of suppressing my natural spirit.

For me, the bulimia was about stuffing my emotions. So I stopped suppressing my feelings.

When you first get sober, you feel like a superhero. You feel real emotion because you've been suppressing it forever. It's so much easier to navigate what's important.

At heart, I'm a reconstructive surgeon.

I'm the son of a surgeon and the grandson of a surgeon.

I first found delight in the Sabbath many years ago when, as a busy surgeon, I knew that the Sabbath became a day for personal healing. By the end of each week, my hands were sore from repeatedly scrubbing them with soap, water, and a bristle brush. I also needed a breather from the burden of a demanding profession.

I wanted to be a surgeon, possibly influenced by the qualities of our family doctor who cared for our childhood ailments.

I have a great surgeon that put me together.

The scar on my eye is a result of the doctor's sewing up my face. It was 450 stitches and plastic surgery.

Minimally invasive surgery is the way forward: the patient goes home the next day; there are fewer complications.

I mean, I think I'm doing a lot better than other people that have had shoulder surgery in their careers. Some people have never come back.

I had foot problems, and I ended up having to get surgery.

I'm having surgery today to have my face cleaned up. But it will take some fancy stitching to make me all beautiful again!

Oh, gosh, okay... well, my biggest injury was probably a bone chip in my ankle that required surgery.

I think everyone is forgetting what plastic surgery is for - if you have a face-eating tumour, lose a breast or are involved in a car accident, then it's a good idea.

I'm just trying to avoid any future surgery. I'm just trying to stand up straighter. And the hip and back are better.

My feelings for Cleveland are a little bit different because there's always the memory of me having surgery here. Cleveland is a special place to me now because it's a place that helped save my life.

I haven't had any problems with my back since I got the foot surgery.

Right now, after having had back surgery, I am finally back to running again.

I have a new found respect for women who have been through breast cancer and this surgery.

I've had some surgery and shoulder problems.

I'm happy that I can focus on my body a little bit. I'm not happy to get surgery, but I'm happy that I can focus on getting better.

Radical surgery is never fun.