Dark Humor

While doing some research on the chemo drug Cisplatin I came across a story today about a throat cancer survivor and for some stupid reason his wife's description of the treatment made me laugh. Here's the quote:

"After the second chemo treatment to sum it up: "First we'll hit you on the head with a hammer, then we'll light you on fire.""


It think it was the light you on fire part... for some reason it made me think of our son, Max. He was a bit of a pyromaniac as a little boy.


But, this cancer treatment (poisoning) is a bit barbaric, and I don't know why the quote made me laugh... probably just a stress reliever timer went off in my head and I laughed because on some sad level I could relate to her statement.

Maddy