Red

[llcoolvad]

Damn, these Red Cross bitches were inept. I had an appointment for 1:15; didn't leave until 3:30. Feel like I've been chewed upon by fisher cats. I have "small veins" and every one of them was nervous about sticking me. Finally the new girl (I learned later) went for it. Arg! She kept moving the needle around...I am going to have bruise from HELL. I already have a bruise, in fact.

Ah well, good deed done! No real regrets.

Comments

[zanzjan.livejournal.com]

Yowch! I feel your pain.

I learned the lesson the hard way that it is a bad idea to distract one's phlebotomist with talk of zombies while they're poking at your arm... Also, that when they say, "Ha ha, your veins keep moving!" you are in for deep shit bruises. )-:

Good for you, though.

[kicking-k.livejournal.com]

As another one with small veins that keep moving... you have my sympathies.

[llcoolvad.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I was pretty whiny for the first couple hours afterward (it was really sore!), but I put ice on it and took off their ridiculous folded gauze stack and replaced it with a band-aid, and I felt a lot better.

Today I have a tiny bruise, not what I expected at all! So I am happy. And a little embarrassed at how whiny I was. My coworkers told me that there was only one experienced person at this particular drive; everyone else was either very new, or new THAT DAY. So I guess I was the guinea pig.

[ozymandiasism.livejournal.com]

you? whiny? naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

yeah, I used to have healthy veins but somehow they got much thinner once I moved to LA (don't ask me why, because I have no clue, but I have a feeling that it's because I quit drinking). Yeah... it sucks to do blood test these days