A little message to the "tough guys"

I just got back from my free heart test which turned out to be a nice afternoon nap. The doctor injected some radioactive stuff into my arm, and then my job was to lie there and relax on a bed (with a soft pillow) while a camera and some little EKG-round-sticky-things monitored my heart. By the time it was done I was so groggy I didn't want it to be over. I yawned the whole way home.

But an interesting thing happened before she stuck the needle in my arm. I reached up with my free hand to scratch my eye, and she paused and asked if I was okay. I told her I was fine, I just had an itch. She said, "Oh I thought you were crying." She went on to explain that young men were the worst at being stuck with a needle.

So I just want to say, to all the sissy-ass guys who are crying and whining when they stick a needle in your arm, suck it up! You're making it difficult for the rest of us. I had to fake laugh and smile for the next two minutes so she wouldn't think I was one of you. Now she probably just thinks I'm retarded.

Anyway, I'll get the results of the test sometime next week.