Today, I decided to give blood for the second time. I felt excrutiating pain when she stuck the needle in my arm. Another nurse came running over in a panic. Apparently my inexperienced nurse had put it in my tendon instead of my vein. FML
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Today, I went to get my blood drawn to see how far along I am pregnant. The lady stuck both my arms twice and then busted a vein in my right arm. She told me to come back tomorrow to try again. FML
Today, I went for bloodwork. It's routine for me, so I was ready for the nurse to put in the needle and take my blood. It went in fine, but right after, she slowly pulled the needle out, then wondered why the blood stopped. She then moved it back and forth in my arm while I panicked silently. FML
Today, I went to the blood bank to donate plasma. All went well until the machine went to return my red blood cells. It turns out the nurse sliced my vein and the blood built up in my tissues. I now have a massive swollen arm and bruising, and look like a junkie. FML
Today, I needed to get blood drawn. Apparently, my veins are too thin and no blood would flow into the tube. I'm afraid of needles, and was just poked with some unsuccessfully, and I have to go back next week to try again. FML
Today, I had to go to the hospital to get blood taken. The nurse mentioned how pronounced and easy to see my veins are. I guess that explains why she missed five times in a row. I'm surprised my arm doesn't look like a heroin addict's right now. FML
Today, I accidentally asked a one-armed man which arm he wanted me to take blood from. He asked for a different nurse. FML
Today, I went to donate blood for the first time. When they stuck the needle in my arm, I had a panic attack and begged that they take it out. The woman helping me told me she'd take it out in a moment and left. It was then that the Red Cross stole a pint of my blood while I had a panic attack. FML
Today, I got my annual blood test. The nurse was inexperienced and it took her several tries to insert the needle properly. When I get back home, my fiancé starts yelling at me and storms out. The reason? I am a recovering drug addict and my arm appeared as if I had been shooting up. FML
Today, I went to a blood drive. The nurse taking my blood mentioned that she'd been called in on her day off, and she swore she wasn't drunk. I didn't know what to do, so I just smiled and blinked back tears as she savaged the vein in my arm. FML
Today, I tried to get over my childhood phobia of syringes by donating blood. The phlebotomist hadn't even touched the needle before I started sobbing hysterically. They made me leave. FML
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Darth_Taco 14
OH! Man, I hope you're ok. How the hell do you mistake a tendon for a vein? Veins are clearly a very different color from tendons. If you have dark skin or your veins aren't that visible then I can understand a bit better. Like I said, I hope you're ok and you don't have to go through something like this again. Hope this doesn't stop you from donating blood again in the future. Try asking for a more experienced nurse next time. I believe you can do that in most places.
FPsLife 5
your so vein (joke, for any of you idiots that'll see it and immediately critique every part of this)
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djspazy 0
Lol that sucks Why would someone deserve this?
chlorinator 0
ouch! that sucks... I once had a nurse INSIST that she take the blood from my right arm, even though I have a very good, reliable vein in my left arm that I always give from. The ones in my right arm are pretty deep, and the biggest one has a tendency to roll around... you would think she would have gotten the idea that maybe it wasn't such a good vein to use when she had to mark where it was three separate times, but she just decided I was moving around too much (I wasn't moving at all) and stuck me there anyway. Of course she didn't hit it, and after two sticks and some seriously painful digging, she finally agreed to try the vein in my other arm. That went totally smoothly, and I filled the bag in 6 minutes. *sigh*
chlorinator 0
Oops, sorry for the double post, but, 17? I'm pretty sure that no one, no matter how grotesquely obese, accumulates much fat in the folds of their elbows. They wouldn't be able to bend their arms if they did. Some people have blood vessels that pop out and sit right under the skin, and some have veins that lie deeper in the tissue. It really doesn't have a whole lot to do with fat content. (At least in a place like the inside of the elbow.)
pinkfakecheez 0
That's happened to my dad a few times. They kept missing the vein. Don't the people in charge of these things understand that they have to use trained nurses, otherwise the donor will lose confidence and refuse to donate again?
xNephilim 19
How do you think those experienced nurses became experienced?
Avalice 0
that nurse's life is ****** more than yours, cus she's shitty at her job and hopefully fired.
illeyad 0
who would click 'ydi'? That sounds so painful!! I agree with #36, blood donation banks are usually desperate for donations and want to make the expereince as comfortable as possible. If it is not, than you will not likely want to return, therefore they lose a potential donor. I hopethat doesn't happen to me! The nurse always has trouble finding my vains, i'd hate for her to one day slip up in the process of looking for it.
ginevra921 0
FYL!! Oh my GOd that must have hurt sooo bad, I'm really sorry you had to go through that. I hope you complained to the person in charge 'cause that was a very serious mistake. My brother once got a severed tendon and had to go through a whole procedure complete with operation to fix it and even now he hasn't regained full mobility. Be sure to consult a doctor and make sure that everything's fine, make the nurse/association pay for your consultation.. You might even have to sue :S
mike_i_am 0
OUCH!!! that's brutal .. i would sue her ass and I'm not prone to wanting to sue people.. that's just not cool though
cough 0
if this is true, you could be a made man/woman if you sue yeah? or at least a smooth few thousand dollars richer? come on now
takran 0
This is one of the major reasons I don't give blood... I hate needles, and they put dumbasses in charge of drawing blood. As was said above, put skilled nurses in these positions and you'd get more donors. Yes, I know that many of the nurses are perfectly good - but as someone that is already afraid of something going wrong with needles, "many" doesn't cut it.