By bloodless - 05/01/2016 05:17 - Canada - Grande Prairie

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
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cheeeksss 29

You're a trooper. I would've screamed like a little bitch. That sounds awfully painful, and this is coming from someone with 4 tattoos.

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Welshite 39

So what's the diagnosis? Undead zombie or vampire?

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ujellybro234 18

Ouch! Sorry OP! Hope she figured it all out eventually and that you are alright

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DaJaFu 13

I've had the exact same thing happen to me, it's scary how dumb some nurses are

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Jnastayy 13

Sorry to hear that OP. Hopefully you didn't suffer too much pain, if any at all.

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razzledazzle21 23

Because clearly OP experienced pain.

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CrazedInsomniac 13

Ouch. That's happened to me before, sorry OP.

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cheeeksss 29

You're a trooper. I would've screamed like a little bitch. That sounds awfully painful, and this is coming from someone with 4 tattoos.

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Lilkat39 5

It's not painful. There are no nerves under the skin. They're just being ridiculous and hysterical. Tattoos hurt more than that.

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chriss2015 13

I've found tattoos more painful than blood tests. However that's pretty irrelevant I would honestly pass out if this happened to me. The thought of how nervous I would already be combined with the feeing of the needle moving around in your arm... I'd puke.

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marleypuckpuck 22

Never a pleasant experience. I'm sorry you had to go through that

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Welshite 39

So what's the diagnosis? Undead zombie or vampire?

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Ethan_Anonymous 28

If a vampire bites a zombie will it turn into q zombie or will the zombie turn into a vampire?

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hasooon 24

#25 I have tried that before, now I'm a vampire. But luckily I can't be killed by wood or sunlight. I guess being a zombi has to do something with that.

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NostalgiaFreak9 41

Nobody deserves to have to go through that, they should make sure these nurses are competent before they inject needles of any kind into patients. Could you maybe file a complaint?

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Lilkat39 5

stop being so ridiculous. file a complaint?! really?! guess what... happens all the time. all. the. time. why? because nothing is perfect, however much you would like it to be.

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askullnamedbilly 33

Honestly, this happens even to the most competent people. Sometimes a vein that looks and feels good collapses as soon as you start to draw blood, sometimes the tip of the needle is pushed against the side wall of the vein and needs to be wriggled a bit so blood can flow through. Sticking a patient more than two or three times is a faux pas, but it sounds like OP's nurse just tried to adjust the position of the needle and frightened OP by not explaining enough.

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theblondeone 16

Couldn't have said it better myself, 27!

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littlekellilee 45

I've had so many blood tests and IV's in the same spot that my veins have scars. I tell the tech every time they take blood and they nod and pay no attention, then stick the needle into the scarred section and have to feel around before redoing it further down. It's nothing to do with their competency, more with their lack of edge case prediction.

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anonymous1117151 1

You obviously don't know anything about healthcare

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ch00k 5

It happens more than you'd think. Sometimes veins collapse, sometimes you go in at slightly the wrong angle, or a little too far. You're working with a small veins, there's not much room for error. We don't like missing veins anymore than you like it.

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kbecks87 16

I think the human pin cushion likes it slightly less than you.

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Guy1009 15

Amen. The needle is in our arm. We feel it not you. Thank you for being concerned for us, but if you can get what you need quickly and then get the damn needle out even quicker, that be great.

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theblondeone 16

In order for nurses and phlebotomists to make it to you, they have to practice many times on already trained personnel. Don't think we don't know your pain, I myself have some pretty bad horror stories with new techs.

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ThatHorse 15

I think this entire comments section misread the fml. It says the nurse put the needle in, took it out, then commented "my the blood stops flowing when I take the needle out.

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