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Just to let you know, I have a background in comedy, I have written sketch and done improvisation for years now.
Not surprisingly, one of my favourite coping mechanisms is humour. I laugh when things are good and I laugh when
things are horrible. Throughout this book, I'll use humour sporadically to get a point across or just to lighten
things up a bit. I'm not doing this out of disrespect, in fact quite the opposite; I respect what you're going
through so much, that I think you should use every tool you have to get through this. I was telling my friend
Sandi that I was writing a book about getting through cancer and she said "God, I hope it's a funny one." I hope
it is too.
You will get through this.
The medical odds are that you will survive this experience.
When I was first diagnosed, I felt like there were so many things I didn't know, so many things I was scared of
and so much in my life that was out of my control. I felt completely overwhelmed, but in time, I managed to get
through it. Very simply, if I can get through it, you can too. Once you are out the other side, you will still
crave chocolate, you will still be yourself, you will still love and be loved.