How are you with needles, ERA?
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I used to be really squeamish about it. Then I spent a week in the hospital with a gall bladder infection. Hospitals cure a fear of needles really well because there's just so many of them.
Now I don't really care. Want to draw blood? Eh, I'll just look away and they can poke all they want to. It barely hurts if done right anyway. Why make it harder for them?
Now I don't really care. Want to draw blood? Eh, I'll just look away and they can poke all they want to. It barely hurts if done right anyway. Why make it harder for them?
I had chemotherapy.
Very very very okay with needles.
You haven't lived until you've had at least 4 vein misses in a row.
Very very very okay with needles.
You haven't lived until you've had at least 4 vein misses in a row.
Long time ago I used to be sketchy when it comes to being poked, but after years of surgeries, being in and out of hospitals for weeks at a time, it's basically nothing to me now.
Doctors always tell me to look away or cough, but I just tell them to stick it in, it's fine.
Doctors always tell me to look away or cough, but I just tell them to stick it in, it's fine.
puncture me
i used to make a point of watching them but then i started thinking/hearing that they dont want to be watched while they work which i appreciate i suppose, even though it's MY goddamn arm
i used to make a point of watching them but then i started thinking/hearing that they dont want to be watched while they work which i appreciate i suppose, even though it's MY goddamn arm
My hand always goes numb and I get tingling and shocks all up my arm up to my brain, almost like I can feel the IV fluid going into my veins and throughout my body. I think it's just nerves. But I despise needles and drips. Getting blood drawn is fainting material. I avoid doctors at all costs for this reason. Oh and blood pressure is worse than either of them- the throbbing feeling of your whole arm always makes me weak.
I always find it weird, I get nurses who don't seem to believe me that it's nbd.
I used to be scared to death of needles, but then two years ago I had to have open heart surgery to repair my mitral valve and it was like switch flipping. I just didn't care any more. Need to give me an IV? Need to put a monitor line in my arm? I need a shot? Need to take my blood again? Sure, go ahead, no big deal. For a couple months following my surgery I had to be on blood thinners which meant I was getting blood draws weekly. All of that forced me to confront my fears and get over it immediately.
they do make me nervous, even the small ones. And I cant stand watching movies where people get their skin pierced with one
My veins are fairly damaged, and that's taught me that some nurses don't realise that a needle blunts significantly after the first insertion... it gets bad quick. :(((
Honestly I wish they'd let me DIY that destroying my arm like that.
It's actually pretty fun! I have small hands so it makes it easier, but YouTube has plenty of beginner videos. I just mainly use it to mend clothes
I hate needles and if I look I feel like I will pass out. Even seeing a needle, not necessarily going in, gives me the heebie jeebies.
If I do not look, though, in fine. It's just a pinch, no biggie. I donate blood as often as I can, despite my hatred of needles.
If I do not look, though, in fine. It's just a pinch, no biggie. I donate blood as often as I can, despite my hatred of needles.
I had to get four shots a year for like two years, then two a week for a while after that, so shots are chill af to me. Every time I get one and the nurse starts in with telling me to relax my arm or whatever, I'm just like "it's all good, just jam that sucker in there."
I inject insulin multiple times a day so I'm fine with that.
I'm terrified of having blood drawn or having IVs. I have a fear of punctured veins.
I'm terrified of having blood drawn or having IVs. I have a fear of punctured veins.
I'm ok with it. Just got a shot for the season. They tell me it is an anti-freezing peptide so I don't turn into a popsicle out there during winter.
It was an unusual situation too. First, all my weapons are taken away and then I'm stripped searched by the doctor here. Imagine yourself put in that position.
It was an unusual situation too. First, all my weapons are taken away and then I'm stripped searched by the doctor here. Imagine yourself put in that position.