Men under 40 are the biggest wimps

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I did not say that, the neurologist said that in reference to the test he performed today. He did not want me to be nervous about it, and I was not. So of course, I checked in at the desk, and paid my co pay.Waited in the lobby til a nurse called me back and settled me in my room. I put on the obligatory hospital gown. Different instruction from any I have had. . . there is a sink running. It is hot water. I was instructed to warm my forearm and hand until they turn pink or red. When the doctor came in he used a sensor to make sure my hand was warm enough. It was. He checked various nerves with an electrode that made my hand or arm jump and jerk. Just a little bit tingly, not to bad. Press fingers here, open fingers there, etc. The last part did use needles to "listen to my nerves". He did not mean to, but he did draw blood in a couple of places. In the transition we talked about how I was responding. I told him that there would be little he could do that would hurt more than my arm going to sleep in my sleep. I told him I knew it would not benefit anything for me to whine. That is when he told me that men tended to whine more than women. Particularly men under 40 whined a lot and are wimps. He said it, not me. So that is how the testing went today. It was okay. I would do it again, it was not too bad.