[DotNetDevelopment] C# Deserialize from within class?

[Mark]

I have a nice Save() function:

// inside MyClass
public void Save()
        {
            BinaryFormatter bf = new BinaryFormatter();
            FileStream fs = new FileStream("myfile.dat",
FileMode.Create);
            bf.Serialize(fs, this);
        }

But what if I want to write a complimentary load function? I can't do

this = bf.Deserialize(fs);

So what are the alternatives?

Thanks!