Laughter is the Best Chest PT: Five Feet Apart

Tuesday, March 5, 2019

Five Feet Apart

For those who don't know, there's a Fault in Our Stars style teen romance drama coming out next Wednesday about CF patients. I plan to go see it and nitpick, or be traumatized, or possibly both, and thought it might be fun to do so with a group. I'll probably go to the AMC Loews in Cherry Hill on a Sunday (since unlike me most people have, like, jobs and responsibilities and stuff). I also plan to wear a mask and spray Lysol on my seat, because ironically for a movie that is based on the risks of cross infection, the chances of multiple CF patients being in the same room and cross infecting each other is pretty darn high. Anyways, anyone wanna join me?

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About the Name

Chest PT is one of the most common treatments for CF, in which the chest is pounded on either by hand or using a machine to help break up the congestion and make it easier to cough out. When I was around 13 years old, during one hospitalization I became friends with two other girls who had CF. This was before they knew about the risks of cross-infection, so the three of us spent every day hanging out in each other’s rooms talking and laughing up a storm. Inevitably, the laughter would lead to all three of us launching into massive coughing fits, similar to the effects of chest PT. And so, “Laughter is the best chest PT” quickly became our catchphrase.