elrod-tom
Moderator - Prefers "stereo weirdo" to "audiophile"
Oh man, this is just not fun...
I can't believe that I'm actually posting this, but this has just been such a trip I just can't help it.
Earlier this week, I went in for what we married guys who have caught our limit of kids call "the procedure". I'd heard so many things about how it's no big deal...that may be true in the end, but consider this to be full disclosure.
First of all, if you don't like needles, you're in for a rude awakening. I used to be one of these guys who would literally hyperventilate when they took blood from my arm. Then I developed nasty allergies and had to get shots twice a month...and that changed. Well...it changed when it comes to getting shots IN YOUR ARM, anyway....yes, that's right...they use a LOCAL!! Lidocaine...burns like hell when it goes in. Think of what it feels like when you get a shot at the dentist, and then think about taking the shot somewhere a bit more sensitive....
Turns out, just to make things that much more interesting, I'm one of these guys who doesn't seem to go numb at the dentist without having several shots. Those shots hurt like hell!!! Ended up taking four in each side, as it were....
Oh, and my advice is to ask for valium. Call it knowing what's going on while under local...just a bit unnerving. I took my iRiver and listened to music while the whole thing was going on, but more than once my doctor asked if I was doing OK. Apparently he was concerned about me hyperventilating.
So I've been sitting around the house doing nothing but listening to tunes and watching sports and DVD movies, with two bags of frozen peas packed in my shorts. I hurt a lot, and none of my buddies who talked about how it was no big deal warned me about any of this!!
I'm sore...it hurts to walk, to sit....and tomorrow, I have to venture downtown for (ugh!!) jury duty...this ought to be quite a day.
This had better be worth it!!
I can't believe that I'm actually posting this, but this has just been such a trip I just can't help it.
Earlier this week, I went in for what we married guys who have caught our limit of kids call "the procedure". I'd heard so many things about how it's no big deal...that may be true in the end, but consider this to be full disclosure.
First of all, if you don't like needles, you're in for a rude awakening. I used to be one of these guys who would literally hyperventilate when they took blood from my arm. Then I developed nasty allergies and had to get shots twice a month...and that changed. Well...it changed when it comes to getting shots IN YOUR ARM, anyway....yes, that's right...they use a LOCAL!! Lidocaine...burns like hell when it goes in. Think of what it feels like when you get a shot at the dentist, and then think about taking the shot somewhere a bit more sensitive....
Turns out, just to make things that much more interesting, I'm one of these guys who doesn't seem to go numb at the dentist without having several shots. Those shots hurt like hell!!! Ended up taking four in each side, as it were....
Oh, and my advice is to ask for valium. Call it knowing what's going on while under local...just a bit unnerving. I took my iRiver and listened to music while the whole thing was going on, but more than once my doctor asked if I was doing OK. Apparently he was concerned about me hyperventilating.
So I've been sitting around the house doing nothing but listening to tunes and watching sports and DVD movies, with two bags of frozen peas packed in my shorts. I hurt a lot, and none of my buddies who talked about how it was no big deal warned me about any of this!!
I'm sore...it hurts to walk, to sit....and tomorrow, I have to venture downtown for (ugh!!) jury duty...this ought to be quite a day.
This had better be worth it!!
