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Reeve went through inner anguish in the ICU, particularly when he was alone during the night. His approaching operation to stabilize his spine in June 1995 "was frightening to contemplate. ... I already knew that I had only a fifty-fifty chance of surviving the surgery. ... Then, at an especially bleak moment, the door flew open and in hurried a squat fellow with a blue scrub hat and a yellow surgical gown and glasses, speaking in a Russian accent." The man announced that he was a proctologist and was going to perform a rectal exam on Reeve. It was Robin Williams, reprising his character from the film Nine Months. Reeve wrote: "For the first time since the accident, I laughed. My old friend had helped me know that somehow I was going to be okay."[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Reeve#cite_note-85][85][/url]
I tried that to my wife at the birth of our first child, and she didn't take is as well as Reeve.Urban Ag said:
Saw this thread and I've never really cared about Reeve but not because of callousness but because I just didn't follow him or the Superman movies growing up. I did remember his accident somewhat as I was at A&M at the time. So I looked at the wiki and this just floored me, in a good way, as this is how me and my lifelong male friends would treat each other. Just awesome.Quote:
Reeve went through inner anguish in the ICU, particularly when he was alone during the night. His approaching operation to stabilize his spine in June 1995 "was frightening to contemplate. ... I already knew that I had only a fifty-fifty chance of surviving the surgery. ... Then, at an especially bleak moment, the door flew open and in hurried a squat fellow with a blue scrub hat and a yellow surgical gown and glasses, speaking in a Russian accent." The man announced that he was a proctologist and was going to perform a rectal exam on Reeve. It was Robin Williams, reprising his character from the film Nine Months. Reeve wrote: "For the first time since the accident, I laughed. My old friend had helped me know that somehow I was going to be okay."[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Reeve#cite_note-85][85][/url]
this is such a "guy" way to handle tragedy. I love it and it gives me even more respect for Robin.
I don't think you're supposed to actually go through with the rectal exam.aTmAg said:I tried that to my wife at the birth of our first child, and she didn't take is as well as Reeve.Urban Ag said:
Saw this thread and I've never really cared about Reeve but not because of callousness but because I just didn't follow him or the Superman movies growing up. I did remember his accident somewhat as I was at A&M at the time. So I looked at the wiki and this just floored me, in a good way, as this is how me and my lifelong male friends would treat each other. Just awesome.Quote:
Reeve went through inner anguish in the ICU, particularly when he was alone during the night. His approaching operation to stabilize his spine in June 1995 "was frightening to contemplate. ... I already knew that I had only a fifty-fifty chance of surviving the surgery. ... Then, at an especially bleak moment, the door flew open and in hurried a squat fellow with a blue scrub hat and a yellow surgical gown and glasses, speaking in a Russian accent." The man announced that he was a proctologist and was going to perform a rectal exam on Reeve. It was Robin Williams, reprising his character from the film Nine Months. Reeve wrote: "For the first time since the accident, I laughed. My old friend had helped me know that somehow I was going to be okay."[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Reeve#cite_note-85][85][/url]
this is such a "guy" way to handle tragedy. I love it and it gives me even more respect for Robin.
Yeah about elbow deep, she stopped being a fan.Claude! said:I don't think you're supposed to actually go through with the rectal exam.aTmAg said:I tried that to my wife at the birth of our first child, and she didn't take is as well as Reeve.Urban Ag said:
Saw this thread and I've never really cared about Reeve but not because of callousness but because I just didn't follow him or the Superman movies growing up. I did remember his accident somewhat as I was at A&M at the time. So I looked at the wiki and this just floored me, in a good way, as this is how me and my lifelong male friends would treat each other. Just awesome.Quote:
Reeve went through inner anguish in the ICU, particularly when he was alone during the night. His approaching operation to stabilize his spine in June 1995 "was frightening to contemplate. ... I already knew that I had only a fifty-fifty chance of surviving the surgery. ... Then, at an especially bleak moment, the door flew open and in hurried a squat fellow with a blue scrub hat and a yellow surgical gown and glasses, speaking in a Russian accent." The man announced that he was a proctologist and was going to perform a rectal exam on Reeve. It was Robin Williams, reprising his character from the film Nine Months. Reeve wrote: "For the first time since the accident, I laughed. My old friend had helped me know that somehow I was going to be okay."[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Reeve#cite_note-85][85][/url]
this is such a "guy" way to handle tragedy. I love it and it gives me even more respect for Robin.
aTmAg said:Yeah about elbow deep, she stopped being a fan.Claude! said:I don't think you're supposed to actually go through with the rectal exam.aTmAg said:I tried that to my wife at the birth of our first child, and she didn't take is as well as Reeve.Urban Ag said:
Saw this thread and I've never really cared about Reeve but not because of callousness but because I just didn't follow him or the Superman movies growing up. I did remember his accident somewhat as I was at A&M at the time. So I looked at the wiki and this just floored me, in a good way, as this is how me and my lifelong male friends would treat each other. Just awesome.Quote:
Reeve went through inner anguish in the ICU, particularly when he was alone during the night. His approaching operation to stabilize his spine in June 1995 "was frightening to contemplate. ... I already knew that I had only a fifty-fifty chance of surviving the surgery. ... Then, at an especially bleak moment, the door flew open and in hurried a squat fellow with a blue scrub hat and a yellow surgical gown and glasses, speaking in a Russian accent." The man announced that he was a proctologist and was going to perform a rectal exam on Reeve. It was Robin Williams, reprising his character from the film Nine Months. Reeve wrote: "For the first time since the accident, I laughed. My old friend had helped me know that somehow I was going to be okay."[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Reeve#cite_note-85][85][/url]
this is such a "guy" way to handle tragedy. I love it and it gives me even more respect for Robin.
