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When laughter is the best medicine
Today I reconnected with an old friend after she posted on Facebook about her breast cancer survival. While we were chatting she said: ‘I’d be happy to give you a couple of pointers’ To which...
I faced mine with a sense of humour. When I was booking the radiation planning session I was calling it "target practise" (made the nurse laugh). I asked for a teddy bear tattoo instead of a dot. I was writing things on my chest, just under the radiated area so it wouldn't affect things, like "zap me".
An unintentional bit of humour was when they were preparing me for the lumpectomy. My op was late in the day and I'd been in since early morning, so I was tired and thirsty and they'd given me something to relax me. When the surgeon asked what I was having done today I kept saying "a limp nose", I just couldn't get the words "lymph node" out!!! Thankfully, she knew what she was doing and I still have my nose today :smile:
An unintentional bit of humour was when they were preparing me for the lumpectomy. My op was late in the day and I'd been in since early morning, so I was tired and thirsty and they'd given me something to relax me. When the surgeon asked what I was having done today I kept saying "a limp nose", I just couldn't get the words "lymph node" out!!! Thankfully, she knew what she was doing and I still have my nose today :smile: