Laughter, post op

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Probably you will be numb, although I was not.

Probably, you will have decent pain meds that will take care of any

pain -- and maybe even make the movies funnier. (There are, as I

suspect most of you know, certain films -- Blazing Saddles comes to

mind -- that were intended, I am convinced, for an audience in an,

um, altered state of consciousness, not that I recommend doing such

for entertainment, the Old Woman said sternly.)

And for sure, (when you need 'em, and only when you need them, next

to antibiotics and painkillers) laughter is the very best medicine.

It can reduce pain and speed healing, I believe.

Cammie

> A question about funny movies - can you bear to laugh after the

> surgery? Right now, when I have facial/jaw pain, smiling is the

> most painful thing I can do. Whenever I want to laugh, I have to

> hold my face down with my hands to keep the cheekbone pain under

> control. When people know I'm having bad days, they'll say, " No

> laughing! " and then do something to make me laugh, just to hear me

> laugh and whimper in the same breath.

>

> Is it going to be less painful after surgery, or will I be so numb

I

> won't feel myself laughing?

>

> Kris

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