>----- Original Message -----
From: "cathy:-" <anonymous@medispecialty.com>
To: "Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS"
<adhesions@mail.medispecialty.com>
Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 10:53 PM
Subject: A new use for dental floss...
> I think that each time one of us has an appointment with a male doctor
> then we should bring along some string or a wad of dental floss. Then
> if by chance the doctor says some version of, "I don't believe that
> adhesions cause pain," then take the wad of string out of your pocket,
> stretch it out between your hands. Then say brightly and cheerfully,
> "Oh, then you won't mind if I tie this around your testicles and follow
> you about, giving a hard jerk every 3 to 5 seconds. Twenty-four hours a
> day. Seven days a week. For the rest of your life."
>
> I'm not sure how to explain it to a female doctor... Now conventional
> wisdom is that female doctors are better at understanding pain. But I
> dunno... Every man I know has been kicked in the "nuts" at least once
> in his life -- and even mentioning the subject gets an immediate and
> visceral reaction!
>
> --
> cathy :-)
>