Does it have to hurt??

So I had my yearly physical exam a month ago; the blood work that is. I'm a big wimp when it comes to needles. They are my kryptonite (remember, the -ite suffix denotes a mineral). So it was not pleasent to fork over a gallon (it seemed) of my blood back in early February. I was scheduled for part two the first week of March (I kept saying February in class all week; due dates that were in the past? Crazy!). The doc would go over the results with me and give advice. In short, I'm pretty healthy (my HDL is amazing), but could lose a few lbs. Dr. Nepo (he has a cool name that is hard to pronounce, so it's shortened), asked when I last had my tetanus shot. I think it was the 5th of Never. Or so. As such, he scheduled some needle time after my time with him. Amazingly the needle didn't really hurt that tim. But it's been nearly two days, and *now* it hurts! Owwwch!! If I move it like *this* it hurts; and if I lean on it like *this* it hurts; and if I think about it, it hurts! Jackie at NGC tells me, "Yeah, it hurts for a coupla days). ugh And I'm not feeling the time of pain where I laugh at it, yet. At my MySpace blog, you can read all about my appendix removal adventure from 2006. In it I reveal my peculiar ability to laugh at extreme pain. The most recent example is when I fell down some concrete stairs in mid December. I hit *both* shins on the lower step (bled) and laughed it off as the pain coursed through my legs. And then there was the time as I chuckled in pain/disbelief as PmD give me the injecsiones to pep me up.
Owwwch!