"When I turn up in Urbana, I will be wearing a gauze bandage around my neck, and my mouth will be seen to droop. So it goes. We spend too much time hiding illness. There is an assumption that I must always look the same. I hope to look better than I look now."
-Roger Ebert on his disfgurement after surgery last year for salivary gland cancer that spread to his lower jaw. Part of his jawbone was removed, and two replacement operations have failed, he is awaiting a third operation. Ebert also had a tracheotomy that left him unable to speak.
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