Humor...thru Cancer Treatment?

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headrascal
headrascal Member Posts: 2
edited June 2014 in Managing Side Effects of Breast Cancer and Its Treatment

Yes. Our bookclub highly recommends, "Cancer...It Won't Get The Breast of Me," by L.S. Coffman. She writes about the many funny occurances during her breast cancer treatment. It is hilarious! You can order it at www.amazon.com

Laughter trully is good medicine. I give this book to everyone I know touched by cancer.

Are there any other funny books you know of out there?

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  • Annabella58
    Annabella58 Member Posts: 2,466
    edited September 2008

    Nope, but I'd like to write one.

    If my husband and I had not seen the funny side of this (and there are many) I don't know if we could have gotten thru it.

    We made so many bad boob jokes, so many get the "Breast" of it jokes, etc.

    I think humour in general is healing.  My hubby and I, the day I got diagnosis, looked at each other blankly, then i said, "well hon, 23 years and here's some new "hollywood" boobs" for you to play with."  We laughed and laughed.  It's better than crying over a chunk of fat on your chest!

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  • dhettish
    dhettish Member Posts: 501
    edited September 2008

    My friend gave me Crazy, Sexy, Cancer tips. It had some funny stuff in there.  

    I also just loved funny books having nothing to do with cancer. I loved reading funny cartoon books when I had cancer. I got "Peanuts", "Get Fuzzy", and "Calvin and Hobbes".

    Another hilarious set of books is the Stephanie Plum novels by Janet Evanovich. I just love those and they are such an easy read when concentration on novels is hard.

    I was also given a book, called "I'm having a no hair day". It was cute little cartoons.

    Debbie 

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  • sbmolee
    sbmolee Member Posts: 1,085
    edited September 2008

    I will have to get this book.  Humor has been so important to get me thru this craziness. 

    Thanks. 

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  • headrascal
    headrascal Member Posts: 2
    edited September 2008

    I, too, have read all of the Stephanie Plum books by Janet Evanovich. I have found few directly dealing with humor during cancer treatment. You can read the first chapter of "Cancer...It Won't Get The Breast of Me" on the author's website: www.lscoffman.com

    Many people do not have a natural ability to see the humor in tramatic situations. You are blessed if you can and you should write it down. It will come in handy someday.

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  • Sassa
    Sassa Member Posts: 1,588
    edited September 2008

    Humor and a good night's sleep (thank god for Ambien CR) was the only way to get through the diagnosis and treatment (bilateral mastectomies, chemo and herceptin and no reconstruction).

    Now 7 months post my last herceptin treatment, I have spent a lot of effect on losing weight and exercising. I guess it is working because at my last port flush, my favorite chemo nurse looked at me and explained "You look younger and younger every time I see you."  My response was "Of course I do, I have back the bust line I was born with."

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