Vampire Doctor & My Telekinetic Powers

OMFG, they took a lot of blood at the doctor today and, wow, did it suck. They had to stick me a bunch of times because, according to the nurse in charge of drawing blood for both regular and research patients, strong-willed people can sometimes stop the flow of blood just by being stressed about it. Apparently, I am both strong-willed and stressed about bloodwork, and this means I feel pretty ill now. Using the keyboard with holes in both arms is kinda unpleasant, so I think I'm going to go watch the preview of the pilot for the new Aaron Sorkin (creator of The West Wing) show.

good luck on the recovery! My sister draws blood for a living from people..she's got some crazy stories to tell. Drink lots of juice :)

ewwww aw i know how you feel... i hate getting blood drawn... i have to do it once every couple months apparently being pregnant hah... the last time they did it though was the worst, i was REALLY REALLY feeling sick and hadnt even been able to eat or drink anything for a couple days... i was actually afraid i was gonna faint and wanted to call my mom for a ride home but nobody was there... ended up being locked out of my house when i got there too! fuck that :(
my dr tells me to drink gatorade... ewwww....
omg today i got dasani lemon flavored water ITS SOOO GOOD!!!! makes me feel soooo much better :D:D:D

my veins roll, its never pleasant, once they were using a butterfly needle for 4-5 vials and it took six dr's, and 8 needles before they got it in a vein and then they forgot to stop the end and blood sprayed everywhere! they charged me for all 8 needles and the blanket. It was stupid, cause I kept telling them to just take it out of my hand, but they wouldnt effing listen.

What's wrong with you goofy chicks? I give blood regularly, since I feel it's one of the only ways a broke-ass fool like me can still be charitable, and the only time I've had trouble bleeding, is when I get some rookie who can't find a vein. Matter o' fact, one time I actually had to grab this dumbass dude's hand and show him where to press.

The moral of this story is that it's easy to bleed, and the Red Cross hires dumbshits.

To be honest, you could put a nail through my hand. I'm walking wiht what appears to be a broken rib, but taking blood kinda freaks me out.

ugh forest... not cool...
hah yeah tho... being poked by needles sucks either way.
id love to give blood... i just kinda never got around to it haha...
they had a dumbass nurse working at the place i had my wisdom teeth removed too... poked me abuncha times in my elbow, then had to do it in my hand anyways.
but ive got really skinnyass veins... so that was half the excuse too...

i love it. LOVE it. i actually had two different IDs i'd use to go back to the blood bank and donate, because they'd only let me in there once every six weeks otherwise. had a squeamish friend come in with me once and she fainted. :)

i don't do it any more because i'm pissed off they think i'm riddled with AIDS because i went down on a guy once. i've been tested and come up negative at least four times since then, but oh no. if you've ever smoked meat, they don't want to know.

i take great pleasure in relating the above paragraph to blood bank reps when they press me for a donation.

incidentally, in australia they don't pay for blood donations.

Heh... well for years I collected a
'punk rock paycheck'.. selling
plasma, twice a week for many
moons. Much bigger gauge than
just a draw, considering the blood
has to come out, spin the plasma
out and give back the rest of it.

Although it is kind of funny, I've
had times where they haven't been
able to do a draw from my arms and
have been stuck in the neck....
nothing like watching some med
school flunkie coming at your jugular.

Needles don't bother me, catheters do.

I still feel like death in a blender today. I think I'll pass on the catheter too. My body is just really hostile to intrusions.

Iron is good for building blood cells so have a iron bar :D

I was used to hospitals at a very small age and giving blood has never bothered me. There is only one exception, when I feel like shit and have to give it. When you feel like shit, you just feel it more. I don't have a fear of needles, never have. I have to do it every three months for routine tests. I have grown used to it and quite enjoy watching. It's a very beautiful rich color.

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I still feel like death in a blender today. I think I'll pass on the catheter too. My body is just really hostile to intrusions.

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There goes your social life.

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When you feel like shit, you just feel it more

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SO TRUE!!!
couldnt care less about those other times i had to have blood taken at the dr (but still hated it grr)... but that one last time SUCKED.

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if i could be bothered looking it up (somewhere in one of William Gibson's novels) i could find the term for that style of japanese pr0n that's all about bruises.

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if i could be bothered looking it up (somewhere in one of William Gibson's novels) i could find the term for that style of japanese pr0n that's all about bruises.

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Hey, Trevor Brown, who did the artwork for the Blue Blood horned women T-shirts is most famous for his Baby Art series of bruised girls. He lives in Japan now and there is probably a causational relationship between those two pieces of info.

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No wonder why I don't give blood half the time.

think that sucks? i cant donate blood cus every blood bank ive been to says my veins are too deep and that they'd have to literally jab and dig aorund to find em.

aww yucky :(
blue blood bear will kiss it better :D hehee

Urgh, sorry to hear you're feeling a bit icky after that. A lot of people do. I remember when I was studying biology in high school, our class went to give blood as an 'educational field trip'. Three guys wanted to be the people in the class who drank the most water before giving blood.
We had to stop the bus two K's out of town so they could take a piss behind a bus shed. :1orglaugh

And one of those guys thought he'd be the toughest out of the whole group. "As if you'd pass out, it's only a needle" and guess who it was that passed out first...

Anyway, I don't mind needles and stuff. I'm an anaesthetist's dream, Mum tells me, cos my skin is so pale my veins stand out a mile away and they get the needle in first time every time. I've had lots of drips (I.V's), and at the dentist I've had loads of needles in my gums, so needles really don't bother me much.

Which reminds me, I'm due to give blood again soon...

Anyway, hope you feel better soon. :)

heh... me and jamie had to go to the hospital today to register for when i have my kid... we saw a woman there walk past... she was pretty much in full active labor heh... moaning and crying and everything... i think she kinda freaked out jamie :S hahaa...

haha yeah that'd to it. Guys often get quite squeamish when it comes to childbirth. My boyfriend jokingly says, "What's the big deal? You just oush it out and there you have it!" But I bet he wouldn't stick around if I was giving birth lol.

Far as I know, Dad near passed out when each of the kids in my family were born. Not to mention with the maternity ward being so warm and stuff, he felt extra queezy on top of that so they made him change into a hospital gown to deal with the stuffiness. But I think he left the room hehe.

awwwww... yeah jamie doesnt want to come in either... but iill handcuff him to me if i have to... apparently its something to do with the smell... i dunno, hes heard some things about some terrible smells.
I DUNNO... I DONT WANNA KNOW!!! hahaa...

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My arms bruise up like that all the time when I give blood. And to think I was considering donating bone marrow for a while... :rolleyes:

ive never bruised like that :S although ive heard that if you dont keep steady preassure on the poke hole after they take the needle out for a full minute or whatever it is, then itll bruise like that :( dunno...

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awwwww... yeah jamie doesnt want to come in either... but iill handcuff him to me if i have to... apparently its something to do with the smell... i dunno, hes heard some things about some terrible smells.
I DUNNO... I DONT WANNA KNOW!!! hahaa...

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hehe well... it's hot as hell in there... you got screaming women (then crying babies)... i can't imagine childbirth would be the sweetest smelling thing in the world... That thing's been stuck in a woman's uterus for nine goddamn months!!

hahaa yeah true but not like its sitting in there decaying or something... i dunno why it would smell like that...
who knows. well let you know in 3 and a half months haha!

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hahaa yeah true but not like its sitting in there decaying or something... i dunno why it would smell like that...
who knows. well let you know in 3 and a half months haha!

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hehe righteo then. All the best with everything, too, Doll! xx

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