I have to tell you a very funny story about getting those shots in the thumb. This is a true story ... I couldn't invent one this good. The doctor who gave me the first shot in my thumb was a cool guy and we knew each other on a friendship basis as well as a medical basis. When it was time to inject the needle into my swollen thumb, he first called in a "gorgeous" nurse. He explained that this was going to hurt like hell and he wanted the nurse to hold my hand down solidly. She knew eactly what to do ... probably because of much practise. Just as the pain became unbearble, she leaned her whole chest right into my face! I was successfully distracted for the necessary seconds of the injection.

A year later, with the other thumb, he started to give me another injection. But this time that nurse was no longer there. The shot hurt twice as bad! Bob(deckman)Nelson