Glenn:

At my last dermotologist visit, I had a "thing" on my left hand. I didn't know what it was. Doctor took one look and said "do you go on the internet?" and I said "of course". He said (and he wrote it down), look up Granuloma Annulare. Of course, I had never heard of it. He did the freezing thing. Took all of two seconds. I made him look at a little mole on my chin and something on my arm and he said (I swear this is what he called it). keratosis. He said "it's absolutely nothing". I have had this little thing on my arm for 30 years.

So he freezes the Granuloma thing, turns to me and says "would you like to strip down naked and get a full body exam". I said "I beg your pardon"???. He burst out laughing and said "I can do a complete body exam and check every inch of your body and see if you have any growths or anything".

I wish I had a picture of my face when he said that. I believe my expression answered his question. I must have muttered something or mumbled something, turned red as a beet and ran the hell out of there.

By the way, he's a skin cancer specialist.

To say that I have never stripped down naked in front of a doctor so he can check every inch of my body IS PUTTING IT MILDLY.

I told Alan when I came home and after he stopped laughing his *** off, he said "now I don't have to ask if you did this, right? I think it took me all night to get over this.

Now aren't I ridiculous? I told my friend and she said "oh, Joe gets this done at the dermo all the time". I asked her if she did (she weighs over 300 lbs by the way). She screamed "are you insane"??

So I guess if we all had bodies like Halle Berry, there would be no problem.

No problem at all!!!!