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When I told my doctor I couldn't afford an operation, he offered to touch-up my X-rays.

I had a lumpectomy. It wasn't that bad. Six and a half weeks of radiation.

I was diagnosed with Graves' disease, an illness of the thyroid gland. Instead of surgery, I was given radiation treatment.

When I entered the field in July 1958 I believed what they told me about radiation risks. I spent much effort reducing the dose to patients in radiology.

I was always in hospital as a kid: I had a tumour on my knee, lots of broken bones. I loved climbing trees.

Of all the surgeries I've had, there's not much left to operate on. I am totally bionic.

At heart, I'm a reconstructive surgeon.

I temporarily became a surgeon for 'Memory of Love'. I spent two weeks in an operating theatre, watching amputations, and I loved it.

My father was a doctor.