tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post1671949630075603607..comments2024-03-28T10:41:26.999-06:00Comments on Blood-Red Pencil: Laugh or Cry, Your ChoiceDanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14471919576687777886noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-82669977684767603632019-09-21T10:42:39.560-06:002019-09-21T10:42:39.560-06:00Sorry for your experience. I am a smartass with an...Sorry for your experience. I am a smartass with an unlimited supply of gallows humor and doctors don't always appreciate that I can crack jokes with level 9 pain. I figure you can laugh or cry and crying just gives me a sinus infection.Diana Hurwitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18216220574149672733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-15554975871044693092019-09-20T17:24:09.842-06:002019-09-20T17:24:09.842-06:00I think that doctors now are more apt to not be pr...I think that doctors now are more apt to not be practicing from that belief that they are one step removed from God. Or maybe God himself. LOL Since that book is already written, I won't be able to include this column, but thanks so much for believing it is worth being included. Maryannwriteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09479027709233807149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-79525965096316098342019-09-20T17:19:07.993-06:002019-09-20T17:19:07.993-06:00Thanks Linda, while I don't put myself in the ...Thanks Linda, while I don't put myself in the same league as Erma, I did get a lot of response from readers of that suburban newspaper. It was always very positive. :-)<br /><br />Another thing we of a certain age have a hard time with - besides bodies falling apart like cheap suits - is tooting our own horns. :-)Maryannwriteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09479027709233807149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-33482930647920951632019-09-20T17:16:44.652-06:002019-09-20T17:16:44.652-06:00Thanks for the affirmation, Pat. Actually, sitting...Thanks for the affirmation, Pat. Actually, sitting still, especially in a dark quiet place eases the pain in my head. :-) Maryannwriteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09479027709233807149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-50021371997670515042019-09-20T17:14:54.787-06:002019-09-20T17:14:54.787-06:00Thanks, Elle, and thank goodness I've not met ...Thanks, Elle, and thank goodness I've not met a doctor like that since. That experience made me very picky about doctors, and I'm lucky that my current doctors are all great. They listen. They like a good joke. And most of them are open to a hug at the end of a visit. Hugs are up there with humor as being good for you.Maryannwriteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09479027709233807149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-22758817073026174362019-09-20T07:37:05.784-06:002019-09-20T07:37:05.784-06:00All I can say is it's a good thing you were ab...All I can say is it's a good thing you were able to use humor to get you through those difficult times. I agree with the others about that shrink. It's so important to find the right doctors to meld with different personalities. Good that you found another more fitted to your son's situation and sense of humor. This is a column worth reading. I hope you include it in your book of antidotes. Polly Iyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05729656119287702191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-68533327845005546532019-09-19T14:08:34.396-06:002019-09-19T14:08:34.396-06:00Humor most definitely can lighten a painfully diff...Humor most definitely can lighten a painfully difficult day. I'm so sorry you're going through hard times, Maryann; age is not our friend when our so-called golden years turn out to be fool's gold. Hang in there, my friend. I love your idea of creating a book from your stash of humor columns. We all need to hear from Plano's Erma Bombeck.Linda Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16056682992943171805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-64303157867646440772019-09-19T08:15:56.489-06:002019-09-19T08:15:56.489-06:00I agree with Elle. That was a horrible way for a p...I agree with Elle. That was a horrible way for a psychiatrist to act.<br /><br />And yes, I do believe laughter is one of the best medicines we have against physical and emotional pain. Erma Bombeck is one of my favorites.<br /><br />I'm so sorry you're still suffering from so much pain, Maryann. It makes focus hard and sitting still even harder.Patricia Stolteyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17192369425956406122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-57163951195518130002019-09-19T00:37:26.470-06:002019-09-19T00:37:26.470-06:00Oh, Maryann, I'm absolutely appalled to hear a...Oh, Maryann, I'm absolutely appalled to hear about the way that "humorless" psychiatrist (mis)treated your son. How traumatizing to have a perfectly valid and safe coping mechanism bulldozed like that!Elle Carter Nealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02266309723919011181noreply@blogger.com