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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm
Very minor rant - had a blood test done today. The person who did it ignored all my suggestions to go for the smaller vein she could only just feel and instead prodded around a bit (with her finger, thankfully, not like one dr who prodded around with the needle... to find a vein) and decided to go with a larger vein she found. Which promptly tried to escape out the back of my elbow making it more painful(*) and take longer than usual. The other effect of it is that it has given my left elbow a dull ache for most of the day
(*by which I mean I actually felt slight sharp stab as the needle went in. Normally it's not actually painful at all)
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I feel your pain, Am. I've come down with some weird glandular infection in my neck and had to have blood drawn. The girl poked around first one arm and then the other for several minutes looking for the optimal vein to use. In the end she used the first arm (my left) and left me with a HUGE bruise.
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Originally Posted by pilotbob
Yes some phlebotomists are very good. You don't feel anything and there is never a bruise... or maybe just a very small one. <SNIP>
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I bet you were totally excited when you realised you would get to use that word in a sentence!!
