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
Collection
Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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
Today, I had to get bloodwork done. I'm deathly afraid of needles. The whole lobby heard me scream as soon as the nurse said 'hello'. 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 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 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
Today, I went to get my blood drawn for the first time. After I explained to the nurse how nervous I was, she replied, "Oh honey, don't worry! This is my first time too!" FML
Today, I was at the doctor and I had to get a fingerstick in the lab to get blood drawn. There was a 6 year-old boy waiting to go next. He was terrified. His mother told him to, "Watch this brave girl go first." I panicked and began to hyperventilate. The kid fainted. 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 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
Feel like sharing it with the other FML users?
Thanks, your FML was submitted, and will appear in the moderation queue soon!
Top comments
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.
Welshite 40
So what's the diagnosis? Undead zombie or vampire?
Add a comment · Reply to
You must be logged in to be able to post comments!
Comments (75)
TweetAnne 13
Hate having bloodwork done. They always insist on getting it from my left arm when I tell them to just do it from the right. The veins on my left arm are not easy to locate and don't draw out as much blood as my right. I always tell them the region on my right where there's a good supply, but they tend to do it after they have tried once or twice on the left.
cj89898 24
Damn must have hurt OP! But, why did the blood stop?
cazza3 15
When the needle goes in you get a flash of blood. If the needle then goes through the otherside or up against the vain wall the blood stops. The needle then needs to be moved back into the right spot.
Mahcookiez 15
I think it's because they couldn't find the vein, or they're bad at taking blood tests
Namelesskid 5
Well at least you're still alive.
toasted1 13
that little prick
Lilkat39 5
that's your big trauma?! That's your FML?! There are little kids in the hospital with their heads cut open, fighting for their lives and your whining because you got a tiny needle and she had to reposition it? And these comments like Omg that must have sucked so bad!! When did we become a society of weak, whiny, pathetic little b**ches? It's a needle. I've had that happen, it's nowhere close to the trainwreck you make it out to be. Life would be so much easier for all of you if you learned that stuff like this isn't remotely a big a deal as you make it out to be, solely for more attention, special little snowflake.
O0hdear 21
phlebotomists only have to complete a ten week course to get their certificate, it's not like she's had extensive medical training. honestly I'm surprised you haven't had this issue before.
fonkimonki 7
The exact same thing happened to me and my arm had a massive bruise afterwards. I gave up giving blood, cos if they can't get it right, who can?
middlenamefrank 8
It happens. I have great veins, give blood regularly, but once in a while the little buggers just don't give up their juice. Sometimes it's the nurse's fault, sometimes it's not. I wonder if sometimes the anticoagulants that are supposed to be in the needle to prevent clotting have leaked out or something, and a clot forms in the needle.
Oh_bother44 11
That's happened to me twice- once for routine blood work (they ended up having to switch arms and STILL missed the vein... No big deal) and the other time I was donating blood and the woman couldn't find my vein and was doing the same thing... Moving the needle in my arm instead of taking it out and starting over- then she said "maybe I should put on my glasses"- it was a good thing I'd donated before because if that was my first time I probably wouldn't have ever gone back. I ended up with a bruise extending from my elbow half way up my bicep that took over a moth to fully fade from that one. Hopefully next time you go you end up with someone better!