> I had an odd little growth thing removed from
my toe, and while I didn't feel anything during
the actual procedure, the anesthetic needle
did hurt. It could have something to do with
the fact that toes have a lot of nerve endings,
or the fact that they stuck that needle in my toe
five separate times, or whatever, but it was
probably the most painful thing I've ever
experienced. I don't mean to scare you,
Calvin. It's probably pretty rare that this
happens.
>
> (Does anyone know why it did? Do my
theories sound reasonable?)

Don't know why, but I know what you mean. I
had to have an ingrown toenail dug out of my
big toe when I was in college (only three
weeks before graduation, no less! I was afraid
I wouldn't be able to march!) and getting the
local anesthetic hurt like the dickens. But it
was far preferable to what it would have felt
like if I'd let the doc dig the errant toenail out
without it.

Gri"grateful that his toenails are behaving
themselves these days"shny