I realized the comments were in good fun and thought they were LOL funny. I'm sorry if anyone took it that I was trying to minimize the ridiculousness and humor in the situation. I still laugh myself.

I implicitly know it hurt at the time but the memory of actual pain seems distant. The main thing I remember is that this tough and tiny woman did what had to be done and got me through it.

It is a 'Best of times; worse of times' memory. Odd as it sounds I'm happy to have had the experience.