Today, I went to the doctor to get a blood test and I started crying when I saw the needle. I planned on becoming a doctor. FML
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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 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 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 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 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, my needle-phobic mother took me to get a shot. She fainted. FML
Today, while I was at the doctor's, they told me that my son and I needed a shot, I went first to show my son that it wouldn't hurt and that shots were not something to be afraid of. When they gave me mine, I started crying. My four year-old son handles pain better than his 29 year-old mom. FML
Today, I went to the doctor for a routine check-up. When the nurse took my blood pressure, I passed out, and fell off the table. 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 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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HowieDoIt 21
Close your eyes every time you put a needle in someone's arm. What could possibly go wrong?
iheartkanye 8
Be a specialty doctor? I'm sorry. :(
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Comments (112)
katykoolcat 13
Mayyybeee you'll laugh evilly when the needle is in your hands!
kalenedog 11
how old are you?
Locoluis 15
Anatomy & Physiology 101 - If you can't eat lunch surrounded by corpses, you're not made for the job.
Calingaladha 21
You needle a new aspiration.
Maycontainnuts 17
You'll get over it I'm sure. Don't give up on your dream for something like that, needles are not a bit issue in actuality, and with regular exposure your fear should lesson over time providing you can cope with the slight increase in fear at exposure.
TinyGiant 4
You know generally doctors don't deal with the needles that much, the nurses do
whY402Jay 12
Maybe you cried because the needle was going into your skin.
dancinwookie 21
You're going to let a fear stand in the way of your dream? That's the first step towards failure.
Brave_L_Toaster 7
A two week IV course of having other students practice on me was all it took to get me over my needle-phobia.
fcryingoutloud 9
This makes you more, not less, likely to get over your squeamishness once and for all and actually become a doctor. The harder challenges are the ones that work.