main menu   -   articles   -   prostate   -   stories   -   sexuality   -   resources   -   glossary   -   search from the Humor & Laughter menu Sites To Visit for a Healthy Laugh for the patient as well as the care-giver There's no end to humor on the Internet but these are some of my personal favorites. DAVID LETTERMAN & HIS TOP 10 LISTS      At the CBS site. Allen Funt of "Candid Camera" fame set up a non-profit group to provide tapes of the shows for people with serious illnesses. Read about it at http://www.candidcamera.com/cc7/cc7.html There is a bibliography of "Humor, Health & Stress Books" topped by Norman Cousins' "Anatomyy of Illness." Cousins - who has been described as "the man who laughed his way to health" - was diagnosed with a fatal disease that he then fought with humor. The list (with several directly about/for cancer) is at http://www.humoruniversity.com/humorandhealthbooks.htm "Cancer Comics: The Humor of the Tumor" is by a woman who was diagnosed with breast cancer and can be found at http://www.oncolink.upenn.edu/psychosocial/comics/c-comics/ CancerShock has "cancer libs" which is a hoot. Look for it on the left column at http://www.cancershock.com/ A 1997 story about how the "Murphy Brown" series put some humor into her bout with breast cancer can be found at http://detnews.com/1997/accent/9710/01/10010082.htm Comedy Central videos http://channels.real.com/vram/single?programs=44&tcode=44 Christine Clifford who was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1994 that sent her on a year of aggressive chemo and radiation treatment after surgery, had a vision 4 weeks after her surgery, that no one brought her anything to make her laugh. She subsequently founded the "Cancer Club" devoted to filling that gap. You can find it and her story at http://www.cancerclub.com/ch01000.htm An article about Christine Clifford and her humor is at http://detnews.com/1996/menu/stories/58183.htm And another at http://www.carilion.com/newsrel/humorist.html The "Testicular Cancer Resource Center Humor Page" with jokes, anecdotes and cartoons can be found at http://www.acor.org/TCRC/tchumor.html "Breast Cancer Song Parodies" (with sample songs - needs RealPlayer) can be found at http://hometown.aol.com/patandfriends/index.html Read "Humor Me, I Have Breast Cancer" by three women at http://www.cancer.duke.edu/PatEd/BodySoul/1998/HumorMe.htm An article, "Humor Your Tumor" is at http://www.laughterremedy.com/articles.dir/humor.html Dave Fitzgerald's video "Living and Lauging with Cancer: a comedian's journey". Video clips and order at http://www.humorinst.com/healing.html Klein's recommended books is at his Website at http://www.allenklein.com/recommend.htm Klein's recommended humor and healing links are at http://www.allenklein.com/links.htm Not directly related but if you want some medical/doctor humor (e.g., "What's the difference between an HMO and the PLO? You can negotiate with the PLO."), go to http://www.doctorspage.net/humor.asp and http://swcbc.org/medical.html more to follow (7/8/01) Return to MAIN MENU This information is provided for educational purposes only and does not replace or amend professional medical advice. Unless otherwise stated and credited, the content of Phoenix5 (P5) is by and the opinion of and copyright © 2000 Robert Vaughn Young. All Rights Reserved. P5 is at <http://www.phoenix5.org>. P5's policy regarding privacy and right to reprint are at <www.phoenix5.org/infopolicy>.