Hold on to your gurney and embark on a comedic adventure unlike any other, where Brian Fasterling unexpectedly and delightfully filters the often-frightening world of medical procedures through his wickedly obscure sense of humor. His initially-alarming experience later became fertile ground for a vividly hysterical lesson in how laughter is the best medicine to put the “fun” back in fungal infection, the “rhythm” back in arrhythmia and the “cuteness” back in acute inflammation.
From symptom onset to final cure, follow Brian along on a six-month odyssey through the often-overwhelming healthcare system as told from the unique perspective of a patient who “found the funny” in just about every poke and prod (after the fact, of course).
"You Wanna Put What, Where?" isn't just about laughs, though. It’s also about whether or not what started as a temporary inconvenience would result in the loss of a kidney to cancer and therefore how the human spirit can choose victimhood to cope with the unpleasant and the unknown, or choose something far more “healthy” like totally off-the-wall humor.
Humor is a powerful antidote and can dramatically transform one’s perspective and outlook. Comic relief mixed with valuable insights can also make many of life’s challenging experiences more bearable.
An entertaining and engaging blend of the TV show “Scrubs” and the likes of Jim Gaffigan and Dave Barry, "You Wanna Put What, Where?" is relatable and timeless.
This book chronicles the author’s experience as a patient as he concludes he has a health issue, has it checked out by medical professionals, and eventually has a medical procedure to hopefully fix things. While it doesn’t go into the kind of detail you might expect from your doctor if you were experiencing this yourself, it does give some sense of the experience, which is why I describe this as a memoir as well as the books primary genre, humor. And boy, it is definitely funny. Near the end the author mentions the old saying that “laughter is the best medicine” and he was certainly self-medicating when he wrote this. If you aren’t laughing at least once on every page I believe you’re in need of a medical procedure yourself. Probably a sense of humor transplant.
