Can you believe it? I almost passed out this morning when they were taking blood. BLAH!! Actually, here's what really happened...
I went to have my annual physical exam a couple weeks ago. We're doing these online health surveys for work and I needed a bunch of stats from my doctor to fill it out (blood pressure, cholesterol, triglycerides, etc.). So I went and they told me that I couldn't have my exam until December because it has to be exactly one year between girly visits! What a waste of my time! I rescheduled and the nurse told me to come in on November 26 in the morning to have blood taken for the tests. That way I would have the information by the time I have my doctor's appointment on December 3.
So this morning I got up and went to work. No eating or drinking for me until after they took my blood. I had a meeting at 9am so I figured I'd go after the meeting. By the time i got over to the doctor's office, I was getting really light-headed because I hadn't eaten. I couldn't wait to eat something! They took me back to the lab and started looking for veins. Apparently my veins are small and hard to find. I hide them, the nurse told me. Thye found a small one in my left arm, put the needle in, and poof, out it came and all the blood stopped. She told me I "popped my vein!" It was interesting. So they had to move to a vein in my hand. The nurse put the tourniquet on, swabbed my hand and was looking for the vein when I said "You need to move. I need to....I'm going to....Uh oh...I think I'm going to be sick." I got up and ran to the bathroom, did my thing, came back, gave her my hand and said "All set. You have about 10 minutes until I'll have to throw up again if i do." She looked at me like I was crazy, put the needle in my hand, and got me out of there in 8 minutes!
I can't believe that I threw up and almost passed out just having three little vials of blood taken for standard tests. Oh what fun! I felt like such a high-maintenance baby when it happened. Oh well! I've learned my lesson now -- someone needs to actually drive me to the doctor's office if I have to give blood and I definitely need to keep my eyes closed while they do it!
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*snicker* Last time I had to have blood drawn, I told the girl she had once chance to stick me, or I was walking out. She spent FOREVER looking for a vein, moving from one arm to the other, and when she finally thought she had one, she stuck me, and missed. I couldn't help it, it's not that it hurt, but I just have a fear of needles, so my eyes started watering as the poor nurse checked out my other arm, by this time, someone else had walked into our little room and they both checked out my arms, then this HUGE woman came in, and they ALL started looking and finally one of em tries to stick me, and misses. By this time I was almost panicing, trying to talk myself out of it because I know it's stupid, when this cute guy, Josh, comes in, I'd had him before like a year or so before and HE had gotten me on the firs try :P So he tries to tell a joke and kicks out everyone in the room and sticks my hand. He was cute :P But last time he told me he couldn't find my vein and asked me to tip my neck.... THAT WAS NOT COOL :P
But i'm glad you're ok! :)
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