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January 08, 2004
Bloodwork (a rant)
This morning's blood draw didn't go well (in my opinion). As I have done for over a year now, I suggested the use of a butterfly needle to facilitate the blood draw. The tech ignored me and pulled out a regular needle and a syringe. She proceeded to stab this much larger needle into my elbow (in the same spot that was used for the last two draws), and then move it back and forth and in and out slightly while trying hard to suck out my blood with the syringe.
It HURT! Way more than any other time that I can remember having blood drawn, and it seemed to take forever. She was having a difficult time getting blood, which is probably why she kept wiggling the damn needle. I was just about to tell her to take it the fuck out when she removed it.
My previous visit, the tech used a butterfly needle and it took one small poke and about 15 seconds to get enough blood. This time, the bitch took almost a minute to get half as much blood as they usually take.
I left the lab in pain and mightily pissed off. If that woman ever ends up as my tech again, she's either going to use a butterfly needle or she's going to get someone else to do it.
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