Today, I went to the hospital due to vomiting and abdominal pain, and they decided to fit me with an IV drip. It took several tries by two different people to get the cannula in. I feel like a human pin-cushion. FML
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Today, I was stuck in the ICU with my 10 month-old. They spent more than an hour and multiple pricks to get a vein for cannula. I had to endure and hold him down through all of it. Half and hour later, he promptly smeared poop all over his cannula bandage area during a diaper change. FML
Today, I was constipated and so desperate to go that I ate an entire box of laxatives. Now I'm in the hospital on a saline drip for dehydration and malnutrition, in addition to getting a massive enema and having the most agonizing shit of my life. FML
Today, I went to the hospital for severe abdominal pain and nausea. I sat in the waiting room for six hours, just to be told, “We don’t know what’s wrong with you. Try taking Gravol and Tylenol and maybe lay off the fatty foods.” I feel like shit. FML
Today, I went to the company's health clinic to treat muscle spasms and a possible cracked rib. In the process the old quack doc and overly eager nurses wound up giving me a storng laxative and 3 enemas, two of them quite large. Then I still had to return to work. FML
Today, I had a CT scan done with contrast. My tech seemed competent in his job so I wasn't nervous, until he tried to start my IV. It took him 3 attempts to get it right. Not only was I stuck 3 times, he also blew one of my veins. I now have severely bruised arms and what look like track marks. FML
Today, I spent several hours sitting in the ER hyperventilating from pain and passing out, due to a herniated disc in my back. I had to watch at least 5 people go ahead of me, whose only complaints was that their stomach hurt or they felt nauseous. One of these people had a bag of snacks with them. FML
Today, after suffering probably my worst night of appendicitis, which consisted of vomiting, diarrhea, and going to the doctor, starving, only to find out a couple of hours later in the hospital ER that I'm allergic to penicillin and close to dying. Again. FML
Today, I got a bartholin cyst drained. The doctor told me to keep it clean and dry, no pain meds given, just swelling and a catheter. I almost passed out a short while afterwards so I went to the ER. Now I’m drugged up and sitting in one spot for the next few days. 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 wisdom teeth out. Due to the drugs they gave me I felt nauseous. When I went to the bathroom as a precaution I did not throw up. Instead I passed out face first in the toilet. FML
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itwasthedognotme 14
To be honest, I'm not sure there are many people that do like needles...
shudson186 17
As a nurse OP, we try to get it done as fast as we can. It sucks and sometimes we can't find a good vein to work with, but we aren't purposely trying to hurt you. Stay strong OP you can do it!
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Hurbel684 10
As a blood donor I can tell you that some people have easier vains to tap into then others. Bad luck in an already unlucky situation. Best wishes!
cakefete2 31
It's true. I am a tough stick. My arms are too big and my veins are too deep. I have never successfully gotten a vein in my arm. I always have to get the veins in my hands.
Gravenmuir 18
“I got it! It feels just like a mosquito bite." *splat* “Nope. Let's try again. JOHN! COME HELP ME!" “That? No problem. We just stick it in aaannnnndddd-shit. Back to the drawing board."
gharra5 15
Been there done that it took them 7 tries and 20 minutes to get an iv into me for an MRI so I feel your pain
glengus 17
I had an hour and a half for an mri once, both arms, several people, even started pumping saline into my bicep trying to prove it was in.
rocker_chick23 27
I hate when that happens. I hope you're ok OP and what you had wasn't that serious.
fantasyworld 39
It's always hard for them to find a vein and get blood going for me.
cailey1234567890 24
My veins move around a lot. A while ago i had to go to the hospital. While trying to put the IV in my hand my vein moved. Instead of taking it out and trying again. They just slid the needle (while still in my hand) around until they found my vein.
GentlemanBastard 15
Ugh I hate that. It's called "fishing". So painful.
katties 27
They often do that to a friend of mine - she has the same thing (rolling, thin veins, that is) :( She herself is a nurse and always does such things really carefully and gets really annoyed at people that are ruining her already almost invisible veins in this way
MeepKeep12 3
That happened to me once ,too.
hickfromthestick 5
same thing happened to me after 3 tries they put it in my hand.
TaylorWhiteGirl 15
Oooh, I'm getting chills just thinking about that. I'm absolutely terrified of needles...I pass out every time I need to get one. Definitely FYL.
hetalia_thailand 20
You're lucky, at least you pass out and don't feel anything. I just start panicking and and struggling until a nurse has to come and hold me down.
MandyMeow_fml 18
Look on the bright side, at least they didn't blow a vein. I hope you feel better!
freeze171 6
it's happened to me before expect instead of two it was 3 times on each hand and twice on each elbow area with a ******* blood test needle