The Vent and Rant Thread - Page 552

LCF · 03-08-2010, 05:50 PM

My record was being stuck at 5-6 places on each arm/hand, all in about 3 days. A close friend of mine had a practical exam. After this I'm more or less immune to the experience. But I feel a bit like Pooh Bear - there must be a better way climbing down the stairs than bumping your head on every step - I just haven't figured it out jet...

nomesque · 03-08-2010, 06:01 PM

Ha - now that's one of the benefits of spending a fair chunk of one's childhood in hospitals! Needles don't bother me a bit... unless they're in my spine... *shudder* Or unless they're regular heparin shots, because those things can leave a bruise the size of a grapefruit, and daft medical students will try to put the next one in the SAME DAMN SPOT!!!

Zelda, I think you need a chocolate croissant and a large coffee, stat!

yvanleterrible · 03-08-2010, 06:11 PM

Moskitos bother me more than needles...

wodin · 03-08-2010, 06:16 PM

Having taken Warfarin for a couple of years (thank God that’s over), I’m no stranger to blood draws. But I needed to have my hemoglobin checked the other week, and they assigned me a tech who was obviously in training.

I have very prominent veins, and blood draws are usually quite painless for me; but this one HURT! And she missed the vein! She panicked, and called a more qualified tech in to assist. This one pulled the needle out half way, re-oriented it towards the vein and stuck it back in. Wallah! The blood flowed and quickly filled the vial. I’m amazed that I didn’t get a huge hematoma from it.

zelda_pinwheel · 03-08-2010, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Moejoe

Urgghhh! I hate that too, and anything medical being done to me. It's not just the needle, but the smell of it all, the whole horrible experience. That antiseptic, bleached out smell of doctor's rooms. The crinkle of disposable paper as you sit on it, the blank, off-white walls, the heavy wood doors. The waiting rooms with disposable plastic chairs and pamphlets on diseases. *shivers*

Hope everything goes well with your blood tests, and here's a gigantic toblerone to take away the sicky feeling:

thank you for the chocolate.

that will definitely help. actually the labo i go to is not so bad, at least in the waiting room ; it's pretty antiseptic, but they have a gigantic aquarium filled with all kinds of exotic fish. i like aquariums.

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Originally Posted by Sparrow

To evade one's work or duty, especially through laziness.

Really Am should have provided the definition as she used the word, but she must be skiving.

good thing you're not skiving off too, sparrow. thanks for the definition.

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Originally Posted by dreams

Aw, Zelda, I feel for you. I hate having blood drawn! When they do blood glucose tests, I have to have blood drawn every half hour for 5 hours so they can do a chart. (Which makes it worse, as I'm not allowed to eat.)

poor baby !! you have my utmost sympathy. i feel like a bit of a baby complaining about mine now (not that that will stop me.

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Here's some more

and I'll send a big

bar of chocolatethat it is over. Sorry about the chocolate.. I started thinking about having blood drawn and I had to eat the chocolate..

perfectly understandable. in the circumstances, i think you need it more than i do.

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I hope the rest of the day is much better.

meh. the rest of the day was very hectic and involved a lot of running around and errands. tomorrow will probably be the same. oh well, i did get quite a lot done, so that's good (not everything i needed to though...).

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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

Indeed - evading my duty to MR by doing my work.

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Originally Posted by devilsadvocate

It's also a manufacturing process wherein a layer of material is taken off a length of hose so a coupler can be fitted.

I like Am's version better

yours is nice too, although i doubt i'll have as many opportunties to use it as am's.

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Originally Posted by nomesque

Ha - now that's one of the benefits of spending a fair chunk of one's childhood in hospitals! Needles don't bother me a bit... unless they're in my spine... *shudder* Or unless they're regular heparin shots, because those things can leave a bruise the size of a grapefruit, and daft medical students will try to put the next one in the SAME DAMN SPOT!!!

arg ! stop it !

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Zelda, I think you need a chocolate croissant and a large coffee, stat!

actually, a large café au lait is precisely what i had as soon as i got home. no chocolate croissant but i did have 2 slices of toast with butter (that's my usual breakfast). and a glass of juice first, to get my blood sugar up so i didn't pass out waiting for the coffee.

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Originally Posted by wodin

Having taken Warfarin for a couple of years (thank God that’s over), I’m no stranger to blood draws. But I needed to have my hemoglobin checked the other week, and they assigned me a tech who was obviously in training.

I have very prominent veins, and blood draws are usually quite painless for me; but this one HURT! And she missed the vein! She panicked, and called a more qualified tech in to assist. This one pulled the needle out half way, re-oriented it towards the vein and stuck it back in. Wallah! The blood flowed and quickly filled the vial. I’m amazed that I didn’t get a huge hematoma from it.

gaaa ! horrible. i look a bit like a junkie at the moment as i've got two lovely bruises (particularly the side the guy kept pressing on), and it's a bit sore, but it could be worse. the last time one of my friends gave blood (donated, not for a test) i don't know how they managed it but he had a huge bruise that covered almost his entire arm !

zelda_pinwheel · 03-08-2010, 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by yvanleterrible

Moskitos bother me more than needles...

well you're just weird.

i mean, i hate mosquitoes too, but it's not the same at all.

zelda_pinwheel · 03-08-2010, 08:37 PM

oh, and i almost forgot to mention, all my results are absolutely fine, and my blood type is A+. that must be the best kind of blood to have, right ? i mean, what could be better than A+ ?

ShortNCuddlyAm · 03-08-2010, 08:40 PM

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Originally Posted by yvanleterrible

Moskitos bother me more than needles...

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

well you're just weird.

i mean, i hate mosquitoes too, but it's not the same at all.

He's got a point. Needles don't keep you awake at night making a high-pitched humming all around your head. That noise could drive you round the twist!

(And I don't come up in lumps the size of golfballs from needles)

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

oh, and i almost forgot to mention, all my results are absolutely fine, and my blood type is A+. that must be the best kind of blood to have, right ? i mean, what could be better than A+ ?

Sounds like you passed the test with flying colours

(Well, colour (singular), because I guess it would only have been red... or maybe blue...)

pilotbob · 03-08-2010, 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

oh, and i almost forgot to mention, all my results are absolutely fine, and my blood type is A+. that must be the best kind of blood to have, right ? i mean, what could be better than A+ ?

Actually O- and AB+ are the best. Because O- is a universal donor but every better if you are AB+ you are a universal recipient and you can take ANY blood type that is available if you need blood.

BOb

Fledchen · 03-08-2010, 09:07 PM

Argh. When going through my RSS reader, I need to remember to read the potentially angering/depressing stuff first, and save the funny cat pictures for a de-stressing chaser.

zelda_pinwheel · 03-08-2010, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by pilotbob

Actually O- and AB+ are the best. Because O- is a universal donor but every better if you are AB+ you are a universal recipient and you can take ANY blood type that is available if you need blood.

BOb

don't be silly. if O- was the best, they would have called it A ! it doesn't even get a + in front !

as for AB+, well, if they can't even make up their mind about what to call it...

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Originally Posted by Fledchen

Argh. When going through my RSS reader, I need to remember to read the potentially angering/depressing stuff first, and save the funny cat pictures for a de-stressing chaser.

aw ! yes, you do.

WT Sharpe · 03-08-2010, 09:24 PM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

oh, and i almost forgot to mention, all my results are absolutely fine, and my blood type is A+. that must be the best kind of blood to have, right ? i mean, what could be better than A+ ?

I got a C on my blood test.

At least it's a C+.

pholy · 03-08-2010, 09:45 PM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

oh, and i almost forgot to mention, all my results are absolutely fine, and my blood type is A+. that must be the best kind of blood to have, right ? i mean, what could be better than A+ ?

Any certificate from the Linux Professional Institute ??

Oops! Topic jump!

Sorry if that's only a North American thing...

Patricia · 03-08-2010, 10:37 PM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

oh, and i almost forgot to mention, all my results are absolutely fine, and my blood type is A+. that must be the best kind of blood to have, right ? i mean, what could be better than A+ ?

I too am A rh+, so I've got to agree really.

I hope that the surgery goes very well, Zelda and that you make a very speedy recovery.

montsnmags · 03-08-2010, 10:40 PM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

...i mean, what could be better than A+ ?

Royal blood? Mmm, royal blood...tastes like inbreeding...

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03-08-2010, 05:50 PM	#8266
LCF Wizard Posts: 1,472 Karma: 9795311 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Germany Device: Hanlin V3 (LBook), GS3	My record was being stuck at 5-6 places on each arm/hand, all in about 3 days. A close friend of mine had a practical exam. After this I'm more or less immune to the experience. But I feel a bit like Pooh Bear - there must be a better way climbing down the stairs than bumping your head on every step - I just haven't figured it out jet...

03-08-2010, 06:01 PM	#8267
nomesque Snooty Bestselling Author Posts: 1,485 Karma: 1000000 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Ipswich, QLD, Australia Device: PRS-650	Ha - now that's one of the benefits of spending a fair chunk of one's childhood in hospitals! Needles don't bother me a bit... unless they're in my spine... shudder Or unless they're regular heparin shots, because those things can leave a bruise the size of a grapefruit, and daft medical students will try to put the next one in the SAME DAMN SPOT!!! Zelda, I think you need a chocolate croissant and a large coffee, stat!

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yvanleterrible Reborn Paper User Posts: 8,616 Karma: 15446734 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Que Nada Device: iPhone8, iPad Air	Moskitos bother me more than needles...

03-08-2010, 06:16 PM	#8269
wodin Illiterate Posts: 10,279 Karma: 37848716 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: The Sandwich Isles Device: Samsung Galaxy S10+, Microsoft Surface Pro	Having taken Warfarin for a couple of years (thank God that’s over), I’m no stranger to blood draws. But I needed to have my hemoglobin checked the other week, and they assigned me a tech who was obviously in training. I have very prominent veins, and blood draws are usually quite painless for me; but this one HURT! And she missed the vein! She panicked, and called a more qualified tech in to assist. This one pulled the needle out half way, re-oriented it towards the vein and stuck it back in. Wallah! The blood flowed and quickly filled the vial. I’m amazed that I didn’t get a huge hematoma from it.

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zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	oh, and i almost forgot to mention, all my results are absolutely fine, and my blood type is A+. that must be the best kind of blood to have, right ? i mean, what could be better than A+ ?

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Fledchen Guru Posts: 663 Karma: 84658 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Minnesota, USA Device: PB360+, Sony950, VR Stream, iPod Touch, iPad	Argh. When going through my RSS reader, I need to remember to read the potentially angering/depressing stuff first, and save the funny cat pictures for a de-stressing chaser.