She suffers from osteoporosis and osteo-arthritis. In 2006 she discovered that her year of birth had been miscounted, instead of being born in 1942 she was in fact born in 1943.
Her health issues include osteoporosis and osteo-arthritis. However, a discovery made in 2006 revealed an error in her birth year, which initially stated 1942 but was later corrected to 1943.