country bumpkin
Surely, we've all had our blood drawn for one reason or another. Most people leave the office/hospital with a single red dot on our arm while others leave looking like a pin cushion.
I had an appointment to have my blood drawn on Friday. It took two sticks each on both of my arms from two different nurses before one of them could find a vein. I had tears streaming from my eyes before I left the building. I also had my blood drawn a couple of months ago and two nurses and two doctors could not get blood from my veins.
Are you an easy stick or a hard stick? Please sum up your venipuncture experiences.
8 Answers
west-bus
I was 8 years old when in 1951 I was admitted to a Sanatorium for Tuburculosis. It was a long time (2 years), and the main treatment was a daily injection of Streptomycin in either my upper leg or my PO. There were many days when it was painful due to the needles being thicker than those of today. Since 2012 I have attended the Docter's surgery every quarter to give a blood sample, and in the main, it's no problem.
| 5 years ago. Rating: 8 | |
JDB
i had to have a blood test several years ago at work for insurance purposes. She was an older lady should have known what she was doing. 4 sticks in one arm, 2 in the other. I politely told her my thoughts on her being an arm butcher.
| 5 years ago. Rating: 8 | |
Benthere
....hard stick due to rolling veins
| 5 years ago. Rating: 7 | |
Clonge
The last time, I didn't even know that I had blood drawn. About 5 years ago, some woman at the office I go to ( I go to one of these "walk-in places", but I've been extremely happy with my care), inserted the needle at about a 30 degree angle. I thought is was gonna die. I almost passed out. After that, I never saw her again there. She might have been fired. I didn't complain, but I guess others did.
| 5 years ago. Rating: 7 | |
terryfossil 1
Some years ago i had an Angiogram,after the Angiogram i was waiting in the waiting room to go home,when i noticed this big swelling in my groin,they raced me back into the hospital beds,and this bloke,a nurse,had 4 goes at putting a needle with a tube on it in the back of my hand..the blood was running down my hand onto the floor,he got it on the fourth go,,i have asked different nurses what happened,,i was told that sometimes a vein will collapse,making it impossible to draw blood from it..>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<..https://www.wikihow.com/Know-when-Your-Vein-Has-Collapsed
| 5 years ago. Rating: 6 | |
jhharlan
Ducky
As CB mentioned in her comment to Benthere, a neighbor of mine (phlebotomist) told me the same thing. She said that rolling veins, tiny veins, etc. are nothing more than excuses and have no bearing whatsoever on drawing blood. She said that just like in any other profession, some are just no good at their job and also that it should never hurt nor leave a bruise. With her, that was absolutely true! No pain, no bruise, ever. Not so with some of her co-workers!
| 5 years ago. Rating: 5 | |
mycatsmom
When I was in the E R once, several years ago, I had a nurse who stuck the needle in 3 different times / places to get blood out of my arm. She was going to stick it in a 4th time, but I told her 3 strikes and you're out ! Get someone else to do it. No, I didn't cry . They often have trouble finding a vein.They say they can't find a vein in my R arm and the vein in the bend of my L elbow is getting too scarred from so many blood draw. It really hurts when they take it out of the back of your hand. They have left big hematomas from doing that.
| 5 years ago. Rating: 5 | |
