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Rumpelteazer · 02-02-2011, 07:02 AM

I finally thought of sending in the bill for my new glasses to my health insurer. Don't know if I will get it back or if it's under the limit of the amount I have to pay myself. I would like to get it back but I won't be too bothered if I won't because instead of having to pay over €200 for my glasses (I need extra thin lenses) I paid €72 because I got a subscription with which I have to pay €3 a month for two years and then I can go pick out new glasses.

kindlekitten · 02-02-2011, 07:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Stitchawl

You and me, babe! I just got back from the hospital, having some tests done. I think they drew out half my body fluid! Because I wasn't with my wife, the hospital sent around one of their young hostesses to guide me through the testing on the assumption that I couldn't speak the language. (Ever so much faster through the process this way! No waiting in each waiting room!) I didn't see any reason to say otherwise.

Just to be on the safe side, I told the cute young woman that I was really afraid of the needles and that she needed to hold my hand during the test. She believed me.

.Nice kid. I think she would have drawn the line if I said I need the same help for the urine specimen...

Stitchawl

you are a wicked old fart!

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Originally Posted by SneakySnake

Here the doctor doesn't take the blood, she just orders the test. I have to go to a pathology place, and a pathology nurse takes the blood. It is a starving test, so nothing to eat or drink after dinner (which i will have at 10.30pm tonight!)

the place opens at 8.00am and it is first come first served. last time i got there at 10 minutes to and was still number 7 in line. We all complained about being hungry until it was each person's turn. when you are done you skip off gailly saying you are off to breakfast grinning at the still starving patients in the waiting room.

last time I did a fasting test, they took 8 vials of blood which is actually a vile or two over a blood donation. I was sent home to take a nap (good thing I didn't live any further than I did) and had to come back in and have 2 more taken. the needles don't bother me though. I had my 4 litre donation card in Germany and have had a few gallon cards here

pdurrant · 02-02-2011, 07:56 AM

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Originally Posted by kindlekitten

the needles don't bother me though. I had my 4 litre donation card in Germany and have had a few gallon cards here

I'm due to give blood next Wednesday. It'll be my 45th donation. Over five US gallons in total!

bjones6416 · 02-02-2011, 08:19 AM

One word: HYDRATE. A nurse in the surgical unit told me years ago that if you hydrate well the day before and drink a nice big glass of water the night before you're having an iv put in (say at midnight if your orders are "nothing by mouth after midnight." It will maximize the plumpness of your veins and make it ever so much easier for them to find the vein. And of course, for most blood tests, you just can't eat for x number of hours before, but drinking water is fine. It really does help. I have to have blood drawn every three months, but the lab tech at my doctor's office is so skilled that I usually don't even feel it at all. I'd rather have blood drawn from a vein than have a shot.

Iridal · 02-02-2011, 10:38 AM

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

I'm due to give blood next Wednesday. It'll be my 45th donation. Over five US gallons in total!

I've tried donating a couple of times, but they wouldn't let me because my blood pressure was too low.

All right, I'm off to see the doctor too. I'm pretty sure I have the stomach flu. Oh man, I hate doctors. But it's either the doctor or going to work tomorrow, and I don't think I'll be of any use at work. Did I say how much I hate doctors ? Urgh

kennyc · 02-02-2011, 10:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Iridal

I've tried donating a couple of times, but they wouldn't let me because my blood pressure was too low.

All right, I'm off to see the doctor too. I'm pretty sure I have the stomach flu. Oh man, I hate doctors. But it's either the doctor or going to work tomorrow, and I don't think I'll be of any use at work. Did I say how much I hate doctors ? Urgh

Yuck! Get better soon!

desertblues · 02-02-2011, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Iridal

I've tried donating a couple of times, but they wouldn't let me because my blood pressure was too low.

All right, I'm off to see the doctor too. I'm pretty sure I have the stomach flu. Oh man, I hate doctors. But it's either the doctor or going to work tomorrow, and I don't think I'll be of any use at work. Did I say how much I hate doctors ? Urgh

I hope you will be well very soon. Take care.

astra · 02-02-2011, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Stitchawl

You and me, babe! I just got back from the hospital, having some tests done. I think they drew out half my body fluid! Because I wasn't with my wife, the hospital sent around one of their young hostesses to guide me through the testing on the assumption that I couldn't speak the language. (Ever so much faster through the process this way! No waiting in each waiting room!) I didn't see any reason to say otherwise.

Just to be on the safe side, I told the cute young woman that I was really afraid of the needles and that she needed to hold my hand during the test. She believed me.

.Nice kid. I think she would have drawn the line if I said I need the same help for the urine specimen...

This post makes me wonder...Has Beppe hacked Stitchawl's account? Such a post is his style! I can hear him saying the tale with perfectly innocent face.

astra · 02-02-2011, 04:09 PM

I just read the last couple of pages and had to verify what topic I am reading. Sounds like BDSM.
For the life of me I won't understand people who self inflict pain for no other reason but beauty. Our body is such a precious thing. It is so easy to damage it. We should treasure it. Although, I think we understand it only after it fails us, but usually it is too late to worry.
I guess my threshold is somewhere very near to Stitchawl's

desertblues · 02-02-2011, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by astra

This post makes me wonder...Has Beppe hacked Stitchawl's account? Such a post is his style! I can hear him saying the tale with perfectly innocent face.

No, he needs more practice, he says. He was on the train today.

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Originally Posted by beppe

The drive to train station, blinded by the low sun through the naked trees of the wood put me in a fantastic good mood. So when in the train I spotted this young lady with a porcelain complexion, ash blond hair and pretty features, I remembered the sun through the trees, the fog, the swim and braided them in a silent druid invocation ... . I just got a passing glance and the hint of a smile as recompense. Obviously, I could use more practice. The evaluation of the glance and of the hint of a smile took most of the trip in the metro and of the walk to the office.

I've just been visiting my mother in law for her 93th birthday.

In my cup: cold Arabica-coffee.

astra · 02-02-2011, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by desertblues

No, he needs more practice, he says. He was on the train today

Obvious similarities.

Stitchawl · 02-02-2011, 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by astra

Our body is such a precious thing. It is so easy to damage it. We should treasure it. Although, I think we understand it only after it fails us, but usually it is too late to worry.
I guess my threshold is somewhere very near to Stitchawl's

There are many people in the world who hold to the believe that their body is a "temple." I always thought of mine as an 'amusement park.'

Stitchawl

montsnmags · 02-02-2011, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Stitchawl

There are many people in the world who hold to the believe that their body is a "temple." I always thought of mine as an 'amusement park.'

Stitchawl

Mine's more a passing carnival, with stringy and fatty and sickly meat products propping up the bottom end, a distinctly scary house of horror in the middle, suspiciously creaky and rusty rides towards a top end dominated by a most disturbing freak show of misery and madness MC'ed by a character of an oily kind of niceness and sparkle that makes one think of a hidden stiletto and sadomasochistic tendencies.

But there is fairy floss. Oh, the fairy floss! STEP RIGHT UP!...

Cheers,
Carny-Marc

SneakySnake · 02-02-2011, 08:01 PM

Safely back from having the blood drawn. Easy Peasy! it was the lady who lives across the road. I turned up early and stood outside with a pile of other people, who promptly went into the medical centre when it opened, leavin me the only starving blood person to go in! yay! She was very good although it took a long time to get a vein to show up. she looked at my hands which have very good veins, but in the end all was OK. She used a syringe to take it all out at once, and then filled up the tubes after which I am glad of because the old changy the vial thing is what hurts and stops the flow. Not a mark or bruise or anything! I am so happy.

Stitchawl · 02-02-2011, 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by SneakySnake

Safely back from having the blood drawn. Easy Peasy! {SNIP} I am so happy.

I'm happy to hear that you survived, and survived in style! Having blood drawn is almost as bad, emotionally, as going to the dentist. Unfortunately they don't give general anesthesia for either procedure. I did find that having a sweet young girl hold my hand helped immeasurably. Perhaps we need to find you a boy-toy for your next visit.

Stitchawl

02-02-2011, 07:02 AM	#27346
Rumpelteazer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,353 Karma: 27919658 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Utrecht, the Netherlands Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition	I finally thought of sending in the bill for my new glasses to my health insurer. Don't know if I will get it back or if it's under the limit of the amount I have to pay myself. I would like to get it back but I won't be too bothered if I won't because instead of having to pay over €200 for my glasses (I need extra thin lenses) I paid €72 because I got a subscription with which I have to pay €3 a month for two years and then I can go pick out new glasses.

02-02-2011, 08:19 AM	#27349
bjones6416 ↓↓ Skirt!! Earrings!! Posts: 3,394 Karma: 17432172 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Georgia, USA Device: Acer netbook, JetBook Lite, Sony PRS-300, Kindle 2, Kindle Fire	One word: HYDRATE. A nurse in the surgical unit told me years ago that if you hydrate well the day before and drink a nice big glass of water the night before you're having an iv put in (say at midnight if your orders are "nothing by mouth after midnight." It will maximize the plumpness of your veins and make it ever so much easier for them to find the vein. And of course, for most blood tests, you just can't eat for x number of hours before, but drinking water is fine. It really does help. I have to have blood drawn every three months, but the lab tech at my doctor's office is so skilled that I usually don't even feel it at all. I'd rather have blood drawn from a vein than have a shot.

02-02-2011, 04:09 PM	#27354
astra The Introvert Posts: 8,307 Karma: 1000077497 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: United Kingdom Device: Sony Reader PRS-650 & 505 & 500	I just read the last couple of pages and had to verify what topic I am reading. Sounds like BDSM. For the life of me I won't understand people who self inflict pain for no other reason but beauty. Our body is such a precious thing. It is so easy to damage it. We should treasure it. Although, I think we understand it only after it fails us, but usually it is too late to worry. I guess my threshold is somewhere very near to Stitchawl's

02-02-2011, 08:01 PM	#27359
SneakySnake I'm watching you! Posts: 6,113 Karma: 22344652 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Sunny Coast Qld, OZ Device: Sony PRS-900(unused lately) iPadAir2, want me Kindle Oasis	Safely back from having the blood drawn. Easy Peasy! it was the lady who lives across the road. I turned up early and stood outside with a pile of other people, who promptly went into the medical centre when it opened, leavin me the only starving blood person to go in! yay! She was very good although it took a long time to get a vein to show up. she looked at my hands which have very good veins, but in the end all was OK. She used a syringe to take it all out at once, and then filled up the tubes after which I am glad of because the old changy the vial thing is what hurts and stops the flow. Not a mark or bruise or anything! I am so happy.