They say that good things come out of everything, and certainly we writers mine our lives for material all the time. This humor piece came when I began, for the first time in my life, to write poetry as my hysterectomy surgery neared.
This piece started off serious and poetic, but I kept making myself laugh, and there’s nothing better than that, other than making OTHER people laugh. I then sent it to McSweeney’s, a place I’ve always felt was THE place to get published – cool and aloof. Plus they always took like 6 months to reject my work, and that seemed impressive.
I heard back in 4 days that this “was a keeper”, and so in a difficult time, I give you the humor.
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/things-to-discuss-with-my-doctor-before-the-hysterectomy
N. West Moss 
Oh, West, you are too fabulous. So wonderfully, smartly and importantly irreverent. A great piece. I laughed out loud alone at my computer, dogs, husband asleep upstairs, son gone off to work, granddaughter gone off to school.
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Oh yes, my dear. Racing right out of you that was. You have a future in comedy.
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Well done.
This medical stuff is so absurd. When I was going through the second opinon for my kidney cancer surgery a doctor pointed out to me that I had a “beauty mark” on my liver. Good to finally answer the question about whether beauty is skin deep or not.
Good to see you are on the mend again!
Steve
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