Tig Notaro Quotes

This show has shown me how to throw a punch. But watching my future sister-in-law go through breast cancer has also shown me how to take one.

I was a fat child; I was asthmatic. No wonder I'm a hypochondriac.

I would like to take the stigma away. 'Mastectomy' the word seemed so scary to me at first. After doing research and seeing the advancements, the surgery has come a long way from 20 years ago. The results can be incredible.

I'm the ugly sister. I'm the fat one. I'm the transvestite. I have had those mean things said about me at least twice a day for the last five years. It's horrible, you know? But I can brush that stuff off.

I was a fat kid. I can laugh now. But I got teased about being an Oompa Loompa and stuff like that.

I think losing out on jobs and, you know, being judged on your appearance... I definitely grew a second skin and got used to it, but more so now, I've realised it definitely contributed to a lot of things I feel about myself.

The worst thing any of us can do for our self-esteem is compare ourselves to others, and that's especially true of women.

I was bullied from fifth grade on. They started making fun of me because my mom was in a wheelchair, then they started making fun of me because I was poor and then it evolved to my size.

I have had a struggle with anxiety, always, and as a proud Jew, that's not a surprising thing.

Self-deprecation is my game.

With modelling, there's nothing to work on other than losing weight. I definitely had an eating disorder.

You have to laugh through hard things, right? How else do you cope?

I had lived with abuse for many years, but the worst abuse has been at my own hands and the appalling situations I have tolerated.

On the morning of May 1, 2018, I woke up knowing that the day I had anticipated for nine years had finally arrived. It was the day of my preventative double mastectomy - the day I would attack my BRCA 2 genetic mutation head-on and take my chances of breast cancer from 84 percent to virtually zero.

I'm a two-time breast cancer survivor who lives with pre-existing conditions every day, and I know the uncertainty people face if they can't get their medicine.

I've really been working on the emotional and internal issues that made me eat in the first place. It's been a real journey.

My post-mastectomy life is not one embattled but emboldened.

Dad was diagnosed with lung cancer when I was a lad. From then on, he lived in fear that death was just around the corner, and he set about programming me to work hard and bring in some cash.

I went through a difficult time, gaining 24 pounds in one month. A few haters attacked me online for how I looked, even though the majority of my fans were supportive. Those were the ones that kept me going.

While Jane Fonda has no shortage of knowledge to share, I was particularly moved and fascinated by her recovery from bulimia, which she battled with for over 25 years.

I was so ugly that my parents sent my picture to 'ripley's believe it or not' - they sent it back and said, "we don't believe it."

A little bit of anorexia, a little bit of bulimia. I'm not totally OK now but I don't think any woman is.

I look like a turkey with leukemia.

When I've had a meltdown, people will say to me, "Well, you failed to keep your sense of humor."

I have been through a lot of medical trauma. I was diagnosed with breast cancer .