English Original
Laughing Matter – Woman Resorts to Comedy to Confront the Trauma of Cancer (2002)
To cope with the trauma of chemotherapy, Bonnie Southcott has posed for a series of humorous cards and calendars.
Cancer is no laughing matter, but a woman suffering through chemotherapy is rethinking that.
Bonnie Southcott, of Ferndale, Wash., is teaching people that even though cancer isn't fun, it can be funny.
She was seven months pregnant with her second child Nate when doctors found the tumor.
"In a flash moment, I went from being a happy expectant mother, to being someone afraid for her life," she told reporters.
Minutes after doctors delivered Nate by emergency C-section, Southcott went into surgery. The diagnosis was ovarian cancer.
Suddenly tears and chemotherapy overtook her life. But the lowest moment came after she lost all her hair and a free wig arrived.
She tried it on as her older son Kyler watched.
"I thought I can cry about this bad wig and he'll remember it, or I can laugh about it and he will remember that," Southcott said.
That was when she started laughing a lot, and found it was the perfect medicine.
"I spent a lot of time looking for anything humor-based for cancer patients," she said. "And I'll tell you what: There isn't much out there."
Using herself as a bald model, Bonnie started her own line of greeting cards and a calendar. Each pose pokes fun at the tribulations of chemo.
"We desperately need to laugh," she said. "It's vital to our joy."
Even though Southcott's ovarian cancer is in remission, the diagnosis is no laughing matter – a 25-percent chance she will live for another two years.
She plans to appreciate every moment of motherhood. And she plans to laugh.
中文翻译
笑对人生——她用幽默抗击癌症创伤 (2002)
为了应对化疗带来的创伤，邦妮·索思科特拍摄了一系列幽默的卡片和日历照片。
癌症绝非儿戏，但一位正在经历化疗的女性正在重新思考这一点。
来自华盛顿州芬代尔的邦妮·索思科特正在向人们传达：尽管癌症本身并不有趣，但我们可以用有趣的方式面对它。
当医生发现肿瘤时，她正怀着第二个孩子纳特，已有七个月身孕。
"一瞬间，我从一个快乐的准妈妈，变成了一个为自己的生命感到恐惧的人，"她告诉记者。
在医生通过紧急剖腹产接生出纳特几分钟后，索思科特就被推进了手术室。诊断结果是卵巢癌。
顷刻间，泪水和化疗占据了她的生活。但最低谷的时刻，是在她头发全部掉光，并收到一顶免费假发之后。
她在大儿子凯勒的注视下试戴了假发。
索思科特说："我想，我可以为这顶糟糕的假发哭泣，他会记住这一幕；或者我可以为此大笑，他也会记住那一幕。"
从那时起，她开始经常大笑，并发现这是最好的良药。
她说："我花了大量时间为癌症患者寻找任何基于幽默的东西。但我得告诉你：这样的东西太少了。"
邦妮以自己为光头模特，开创了自己的贺卡系列和日历。每一个姿势都戏谑着化疗的磨难。
"我们极度需要欢笑，"她说。"这对我们的快乐至关重要。"
尽管索思科特的卵巢癌病情正在缓解，但诊断结果依然严峻——她只有25%的几率能再活两年。
她计划珍惜身为母亲的每一刻。并且，她计划继续笑对人生。