Paul B
Premium Member
A couple of days ago I went to my pain manager Doctor. She is a very good Doctor and looks a Greek Goddess but of course that had nothing to do with me going to her. She is one of my wife's doctors and I just went to her through osmosis.
I am very prone to trigger finger and had 9 of my fingers operated on for that. (It's common in electicians that worked hard and didn't sit around all day drinking coffee) If you don't know what that is, it's when you bend your finger while for instance brushing your teeth, putting on your socks or trying to coax one of your hermit crabs out from behind a shoe that you inadvertently dropped in your tank and you want to take a picture of it. The crab not the shoe which you feel looks kind of cool.
Anyway, you can't straighten out your finger unless you put it in a vise and pull very hard as you are screaming like you just sat on fire coral while wearing a Speedo.
So I went to her for some Cortisone shots which is a miracle drug and I wish I had enough of it to take a bath in.
In her office there was the Doctor, a very young female "Nurse, Assistant, or interior decorator" and a young man in his 20s who looked like he was always in pain or scared even though I was on the table.
The Doctor took the needle and said this is a very painful shot. I said I know as I probably had 10 of them before but I am not a Sissy.
She gave me 3 shots in 2 fingers and I kind of made a face as it was a little painful but it's not me to scream or lay on the floor screaming for Beyonce while kicking my feet against the walls.
After it she said, I'm sorry I know that was painful and she told the guy to get me a glass of water. I stopped him and said, "I don't need water for some silly shot, thats for wimps". It's just pain. The Doctor said, they don't make Men like me any more as most of them would faint. I'm sure they would as "men" today are not like Men used to be years ago, especially in my Fathers day when Men were Men and not little scared babies. I wish we would bring back the draft.
I am very prone to trigger finger and had 9 of my fingers operated on for that. (It's common in electicians that worked hard and didn't sit around all day drinking coffee) If you don't know what that is, it's when you bend your finger while for instance brushing your teeth, putting on your socks or trying to coax one of your hermit crabs out from behind a shoe that you inadvertently dropped in your tank and you want to take a picture of it. The crab not the shoe which you feel looks kind of cool.
Anyway, you can't straighten out your finger unless you put it in a vise and pull very hard as you are screaming like you just sat on fire coral while wearing a Speedo.
So I went to her for some Cortisone shots which is a miracle drug and I wish I had enough of it to take a bath in.
In her office there was the Doctor, a very young female "Nurse, Assistant, or interior decorator" and a young man in his 20s who looked like he was always in pain or scared even though I was on the table.
The Doctor took the needle and said this is a very painful shot. I said I know as I probably had 10 of them before but I am not a Sissy.
She gave me 3 shots in 2 fingers and I kind of made a face as it was a little painful but it's not me to scream or lay on the floor screaming for Beyonce while kicking my feet against the walls.
After it she said, I'm sorry I know that was painful and she told the guy to get me a glass of water. I stopped him and said, "I don't need water for some silly shot, thats for wimps". It's just pain. The Doctor said, they don't make Men like me any more as most of them would faint. I'm sure they would as "men" today are not like Men used to be years ago, especially in my Fathers day when Men were Men and not little scared babies. I wish we would bring back the draft.