They Tore Out My Heart and Stomped That Sucker Flat. Lewis Grizzard

your back. You can get somebody to scratch your head. Your nose is something else. Only the person who owns the nose can adequately scratch it.

      The catheterization. They deadened my right arm with shots of Novacain before making the incision. There are no nerves inside the heart, so there was no pain involved with the tubes. I felt the shots all the way down to my fingers.

      The dye.

      “This is going to burn a little,” said the doctor.