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 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.

　

伴随癌症的从来都不会是欢笑，但是一位正在因患癌症而接受化疗的妇女却重新审视了癌症--这个可怕的病魔。

美国华盛顿州芬代尔的癌症女患者邦尼·索恩科特正在向人们传播这样的理念：尽管癌症不会是什么乐趣，但是我们可以让它变得充满乐趣。

当她从医生那里得知自己身患癌症这个噩耗的时候，她的第二个孩子纳特即将出世，她当时已经有了七个月的身孕。

索恩科特告诉记者说："在那一瞬间，我从一个快乐的准妈妈变成了一个时刻要担心自己生命的人。"

就在索恩科特剖腹产生下纳特短短几分钟后，她又被推进了外科手术室。诊断结果她患的是卵巢癌。

顷刻之间，泪水和化疗淹没了她的生活。在满头秀发完全脱落并得到了一副免费假发的时候，她感到自己走到了人生的最低谷。

在大儿子凯勒的注视下，她试戴了她的假发。

索恩科特说："我想如果我因为这顶糟糕的假发痛哭他就能记住这种东西，或者我还可以对着它大笑，这样他也能记住它。"

于是索恩科特开始哈哈大笑，并且发现这居然是最有效的药物。

她说："我花了很多时间在癌症患者身上搜寻各种幽默元素。但是我不得不告诉你：这样的幽默实在太少了。"

邦尼以自己的秃头形象为模特，开始设计问候卡片，此外还有一种日历。尽管化疗时要经历种种苦痛，但是卡片上她的每个姿势都十分有趣，她用自己的表达方式传播欢笑。

她说："我们非常需要欢笑。我们需要欢笑带来的快乐。"

虽然索恩科特的卵巢癌病情正在好转，但是目前的诊断结果仍旧不容乐观--她的生命只剩下两年的时间，而且这种几率也只有25％。

索恩科特准备要细细品味作母亲的点滴时刻。此外，她准备要笑对人生。