Document Type
Blog
Publication Date
9-9-2017
Abstract
For some strange reason last month, I searched for a Facebook group about "acoustic neuroma." It's an inner ear brain tumor, usually benign, that I had successfully removed more than 30 years ago. "Successful" is a relative term here because it was necessary to sever my auditory, facial and balance nerves on that side of my face. It was a long recovery, I am deaf in that ear, and I'll never be a ballet dancer, but my facial nerve was repaired and I am fine. I had this niggling feeling that I could help in a way that I learned from the best at the Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop - turning tragedy into humor, a la Judy Carter, Elaine Ambrose and my beloved Gina Barreca.
Keywords
Erma Bombeck, humor writing, Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop, University of Dayton
eCommons Citation
Ransel, Yvonne, "My tumor" (2017). Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog. 1500.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/ebww_blog/1500
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