When you meet her now, it's hard now to tell anything was ever wrong with T-Boz.

CNN: T-Boz brings reality to TV

VH1 is producing a bio-pic about them, which means T-Boz is back in the studio working on the soundtrack.

CNN: T-Boz brings reality to TV

"But after losing my sight, hearing, balance and speech, yes, I'm returning, " said T-Boz, whose real name is Tionne Watkins.

CNN: T-Boz brings reality to TV

He appeared on recordings by Clarence Carter, Wilson Pickett, Aretha Franklin, Boz Scaggs, King Curtis, Lulu, Laura Nyro, Herbie Mann and many others.

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Los Angeles (CNN) -- Reality for TLC's T-Boz has been a challenge, starting at age 7, when she was diagnosed with sickle cell anemia.

CNN: T-Boz brings reality to TV

Like other entertainers who disappear from the spotlight for a while, T-Boz never stopped working while she focused on raising her daughter and fighting for her health.

CNN: T-Boz brings reality to TV

Could I do T-Boz again the way I did it?

CNN: T-Boz brings reality to TV

T-Boz is sharing the lessons learned from hard reality in a reality TV show that premieres Tuesday night, coincidentally on a network with the same name as her group -- TLC.

CNN: T-Boz brings reality to TV

Perhaps even punctuated by the music of Boz Scaggs.

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"I was told I wouldn't live past 30, I would be disabled my whole life and I would never become a mother, " T-Boz, a member of one of the most successful girl groups ever, told CNN.

CNN: T-Boz brings reality to TV

Presumably listening to old Boz Scaggs 45s.

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T-Boz has a lot left to do.

CNN: T-Boz brings reality to TV