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Nooooooo

The only thing I'm squeamish about is my cardiovascular system

It regenerates but I can feel my life force sitting in a tube there facing a slow death. We prefer to die together and be recycled by the bodys system of autophagy.

No

i once fainted when they took like 7 vials for some reason. the nurse was pretty hot too, it was highly embarrassing. i think she was faux-flirting with me to try to put me at ease or something.

It's OK. I don't particularly like needles but once it's in it's fine.

No. I mean I'm much better about it than when I was a kid/teen since I've found a way to relax myself so I don't tense up and make the pain worse, but I still don't enjoy it.

Naysaspace posted...

i once fainted when they took like 7 vials for some reason. the nurse was pretty hot too, it was highly embarrassing. i think she was faux-flirting with me to try to put me at ease or something.

The nurses that have taken my blood in the past 10 years have all been hot.

I'm sick often so blood draws are pretty quick and easy for me. My veins are apparently top tier for easy access too from techs comments on them. Rest of my family has really leather like skin and needles just don't go in easy so glad I dodged that bullet I guess.

Fun story, last time I went for routine bloodwork (like a week ago), there was a woman in the room next to me that straight up started crying. She made the tech also put her jacket on her because she said she couldn't look at her arm or else she would faint and still believed that the needle was broken off in her arm.

Meanwhile I'm giving like 9 vials of blood and my tech was thanking God she took me and not her.

I don't mind it usually. Getting blood gas taken is awful though, that one hurts.

My last regular blood drawing was a shitty experience. I had a screaming little girl losing her mind in the next booth. There was a male Karen who called corporate on the lady who was helping him because his doctors office didn't send the whole order so she had the audacity to ask him to step out into the lobby to call his doctor and insurance to sort it out so she could help people who were ready, which happened to be me. Not exactly the most soothing experience.

Of course not. What, do some people get off on it or something?

What a weird question. It would be better to ask if "okay" with it vs having an actual issue with it.

I'm sanguine on the issue.

I wouldn't call the experience enjoyable, but I'm fine with needles. So if it's needed, then yeah let's do it

I haven't had that many blood tests, but all of them went pretty ezpz except for a single case where the nurse had to poke me twice. That time actually hurt.

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Hell no, seeing the bottle fill up all the way made me like wait a minute, what if i still need all that.

I have a goddamn pick line in my arm at the moment. They can take at any time.

You get used to it