LAUGHTER IS THE BEST MEDICINE

As many of you know, I am going through a bout with my Crohn's Disease. This disease has been a part of my life for over 30 years now. Please believe me when I say that I am so NOT complaining. I have had it "easy" compared to others that I have spoken with that have this disease. There are many things that I have learned over the years, one is laughter and medicine to go together. I guess that is why I titled this block Laughter is the best Medicine. 

My Crohn's doc, Dr. Douglas Drossman, yes I gave him a shout out! Dr. D, as I affectionately call him, has been my doc for these 30+ years. I am now 52. You do the math as to when I was diagnosed. He is the one that diagnosed me and he is the one that has brought me out of many many bouts or as they're usually referred to as Flare Ups. These flare ups can last any number of days, weeks or months it just depends on where the disease is located and how much is being affected.

We have plenty of laughter in our household. My wife and I laugh alot together. She makes me laugh with some of the things I say to her and she in turn says something back to me about it.  Sometimes when I laugh, it causes her to laugh even more. For instance, just the other day she was heading out to run a few errands, she hesitantly asked me if I wanted to go with her. I in turn asked her what errands she was running. As she listed them I said okay I'll go with you. 

She drove and immediately as she left the driveway, I said to her now turn the wheel a bit more to get past the mailbox. She looked over at me and said, okay who is driving again? We both laughed. Now a bit later, when we stopped at one of our errand destinations, she was pulling into the drive through and I said, to her,  you are a bit close to the wall aren't you? The look she gave me was priceless. I started giggling, then she started to giggle and the sales person came to the window. Then we both looked at each other and smiled. 

My wife and I also have plenty of critters around that give us joy and laughter. We have two dogs, two cats, only 1 keet right now. We just lost Lasko, our yellow keet. :( . That was sad but we didn't let it get us down for to long.  We have lost many pets along the way since our 11 years together. We take it in stride and realize this is nature. That doesn't  mean we don't grieve because we do. We  simply hold one another until it passes no matter how long it takes.

Nanalu is our newest addition to the family. She is a 6  month old German Shepherd mix. She weighs, right now, the same weight that our 2 year old Lab/Pit mix Buddy does. The two of them together are a delight to us. They run and play together like no ones business. Both of them cause laughter and hilarity.

We have two cats. We call them our yellow boys. Roman and Carlos. Those two plus the two dogs are just funny together. Carlos plays, cat and dog, with Buddy. He sneaks around the corner where Buddy is until Buddy sees him, then he runs and Buddy chases him. It is funny to watch.

Our life together is a mix of Love and Laughter and Medicines for all that ails us. One thing is for sure I wouldn't change my life for anything in this world.

These are my thoughts and feelings from Jillsville.

BTW: These are the kinds of posts I will be sharing on Jillsville from now on. This was originally what kind of posts I wanted to do. Funny and light. No more politics on this blog. However, I am starting a  new blog called Jillsview on Politics. I will attach it to this blog. Thanks those of you that read my blogs and have liked them and joined them. Time to go laugh the day away.