I eat so much mayonnaise they were going to send me to the Mayo Clinic.

There's a lot of arrogance in the medical community. There are good, reliable websites you can go to for information - the Mayo Clinic, the Cleveland Clinic, Johns Hopkins.

In November, 1964 when I was a patient at the Mayo Clinic I though seriously about killing myself.

In Seattle, I soon found that my radical ideas and aesthetic explorations - ideas and explorations that in Richmond, Virginia, might have gotten me stoned to death with hush puppies - were not only accepted but occasionally applauded.

I was on the board of the Mayo Clinic. I was diagnosed there, and I could pick up the phone and get a hold of whoever I wanted to. What I learned is that you really have to get proactive and manage your case.

The Mayo Clinic is one of the largest and most experienced medical centers treating esophageal cancer in the world.