The amount of surgeries I've had are absolutely minimal compared to the reconstructive surgeries I've had. Probably 300.
I've had 10 major operations. Four back surgeries. A hip replacement. A broken neck... But I consider myself lucky. I keep thinking after all these surgeries, my luck is going to run out.
Before I played in the NHL I had two surgeries. Definitely I was like, 'Wow, this is not good. I haven't played a game yet and I have two surgeries.' I didn't get another one ever again. I was fortunate.
After so many surgeries, I had to modify my game. I know what I can and can't do in order to keep performing for a long period of time.
I feel great. I had a blood clot. It was a bad deal. But when I look at my friends with hip replacements, knee replacements, shoulder replacements, neck surgeries, back surgeries, I'll take the blood clot.
At some points, I wanted to quit. There were surgeries after surgeries, and I didn't really believe in myself. I didn't feel good about my body.
I'm ticking things off my list: I had a tumor removed; I had spinal surgery; I had four surgeries in three months.
I've had two neck surgeries, a back surgery, three knee surgeries, eye surgery, but I keep bouncing back. I won't go away - kind of like a virus. I don't go away. I keep coming back stronger and stronger. I'm contagious.
I don't cancel because of temperament. I have had seven major surgeries in my life. I have had tumors. I have had two children with Caesareans; you don't just get up and sing the day after one of those.
I've had two shoulder surgeries.
I never had any major surgeries or anything like that. I've had a few career-threatening injuries, but I bounced back from them.
Do you know how many plastic surgeries are done to the actors and actresses in Hollywood?
A lot of wear and tear on my body. I've been blessed not to have too many surgeries.
I've had at least a couple botched surgeries.
When I was little, I wanted to be a doctor. I was really interested in gore. My grandfather was an orthopedic surgeon and he had a lot of books in his library that I would just pore over. A lot of them had really horrible pictures of deformities.