rlc63 North Carolina
06/05/14 12:09 pm
These are different things! I can have tubes of blood drawn and it doesn't bother me, but if know that needle thing is still in my hand or arm from an iv, I freak out.
jrockit
06/04/14 10:32 am
Blood draw no but IV yes it took them three tries to get my IV in yesterday and it hurt like hell each time :(
elianastar Gab.ai FreeSpeech
06/04/14 7:35 am
No worries. But when I get someone who *clearly* doesn't know what thay're doing, I refuse to be their human pin cushion. I have no fear, I also don't have a lot of patience for paying for incompetence w/bruises & pain for days!
Rosebud Ohio
06/04/14 6:29 am
I had a very bad experience with a nurse who couldn't do an IV when I was 8 and about to have major surgery. I'm past needing held down but certainly not over it.
cyanospool The Deep North
06/03/14 12:34 pm
Blood drawing is fine because they're just taking something out of me. Injections are worse because something foreign is going into my bloodstream, which is creepy to me
pateach2 love my son
06/03/14 9:00 am
I used to be but since I've been pregnant I've had blood work drawn at least 5 times and have been stuck with an iv 3 times. I'm okay with it all now. Having an iv in for a few days straight is a bit much.
jmw7477 Indiana
06/03/14 4:10 am
They have a hard time sticking me & I've had issues in the past where I bled around the needle & they got air in my veins. I used to donate blood, but I've just had too many problems.
susanr Colorado
06/02/14 9:45 pm
I don't have a problem with blood draws. (Had one last week, barely felt it.) I used to let new phlebotomists practice on me - easier than finding someone else willing to do it. I've had a couple difficult IV starts, but most have been OK.
Zod Above Pugetropolis
06/02/14 8:48 pm
I'm OK with it, but I've learned to get super-hydrated starting the day before, unless there is some fluid restriction for the test, or they'll have trouble finding a comfortable vein.
SmileyMoM Lab Rat Vampire
06/02/14 8:21 pm
I don't know if other places do or not, but we have an unwritten rule of 2 sticks and you are out. In other words you try twice and if you don't get it you find someone else to try. I only bend the rule if there is no one else that I think can help.
Kris Humidity Central
06/02/14 8:14 pm
Not anymore. After numerous standings, one of the corpsman at boot camp found it, the vein that isn't small and deep and rolls. My blood still is slow out, but I know the magic spot.
SmileyMoM Lab Rat Vampire
06/02/14 8:14 pm
It may be a sick pleasure on my part, but the favorite part of my work day is doing morning lab draws at 0400. We get the bloods and I get the labs cranked out and then I get to go home for the day.
chickencookie disgusted
06/02/14 8:05 pm
I hate it. IV''s should be a federal offense. I had one on top of my hand in November and it hurt. I only use butterfly needles for blood tests. . I often pass out.
MrWolfe Nashville
06/02/14 8:05 pm
Not in the least. I think technology has gotten needles to the point where they are way above tolerable for most people. I just had my bloodwork labs done a couple of weeks ago & could barely feel it going in... just like a little pinch
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