I need to get the achievement of "not take ten tries to get the vein" and "don't get a tendon stabbed by accident when a vein jumps"... And I ***hate*** needles, so i hate bloodwork... but congrats on not fainting
Sadie_Dragon I'm usually right there with you on the 'ten tries to get a vein'. Yesterday I drank TONS of water from sunrise. May have had to pee 20+ times, but she got the vein first hit. The difference between getting juice from a raisin vs. a grape =P
I can be fully hydrated and it still takes so many tries. I was in the er (cause urgent care wouldn't take me) and talking to the chest xray dude while they were trying to get an iv in, and she hit the tendon... I came so close to cussing like a sailor because it HURT.... I don't know why my veins are so jumpy....
That was me a couple years ago. When training to poke people we had to poke each other and it finally took the instructor poking me in my bicep to 'prove I wasn't impossible'. Bruised for 3 weeks...
Had beautiful bruising on both elbows and the right hand looked like I slammed a brick wall... Had to put the iv in wrong just to hit the vein, that wasn't fun... -.- summary of this: blood work isn't fun for everyone...
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