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To: Ish who wrote (17531)	2/10/1999 2:17:00 PM
From: Gauguin	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71178

Doc was taking something, a body sample, off my cheek last month to see if it was skin cancer. He pokes me with a biopsee "needle" that's going to take a chunk of flesh with it. Since I have nothing to do, I chew him out for some things he'd done and called him stupid. His nurse holds my hand, which I really like. They've trained them to do that now, I found out. I gradually de-train them. "Oh crap!" he says. "What" I say, casually, as I've heard this many times. "I hit an artery." "Hmmmm. What are the chances of that." He lifts the cotton away and a leetle thin line of blood shoots out of my face. We changed the subject to death by scalping. He knows all about it.

To: Ish who wrote (17531)	2/10/1999 4:38:00 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

I hate it when that happens. Some people just can't draw blood without hurting you. Some can. I always look while whoever is drawing blood. I am trying to remember what I say, I always make some smartass remark like, "The last person who drew blood made a great big hematoma, I hope you'll do better than that." Or, "the other lady who works here never leaves a hematoma, she's really good. Are you good, too?" I used to give blood all the time, I am type B positive, for some reason it was in demand, so I got pretty nonchalant about it.