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

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

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

Only a portion of my intestinal tract was working.

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.

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.

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