Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,019 | Oh yes, try to laugh as much as you can. Some people claim laughter has medical benefits but even if it doesn't, it helps you get through the hard stuff. In fact, fighting cancer has rearranged my priorities enough that laughter is way more important to me now. I regularly watch comedyu central on TV. I bought myself the unabridged Calvin and Hobbes as an end-of-radiation gift! Life can be so hard and unfair at times but it really never fails to be funny as well (today I had to disguise a fit of giggles at a faculty meeting by pretending I was choking on phlegm).....
Nelie
SCC(T2N0M0) part.glossectomy & neck dissect 2/9/05 & 2/25/05.33 IMRT(66 Gy),2 Cisplatin ended 06/03/05.Stage I breast cancer treated 2/05-11/05.Surgery to remove esophageal stricture 07/06, still having dilatations to keep esophagus open.Dysphagia. "When you're going through hell, keep going"
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