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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Comments (128)
epmorr2010 9
Cannula goes in your nose. Catheter goes in your arm for IVs.
sothishappened 5
a catheter is actually inserted into a urethra for assistance with urination.
ksktwin84 14
The plastic tube that remains in your vein when the needle is removed is called a catheter. A urethral catheter is simply another type of catheter. Also, when we insert an IV, it can be referred to as "cannulating" the vein, so in a sense, that person was correct as well. A nasal cannula is what goes in your nose to deliver oxygen. A lot of medical terms can describe more than one thing
onesarcasticdik 8
Yep! Stick with terms you know.
onesarcasticdik 8
There is more than one kind of cath. Lots of interchangeable terms.
sothishappened 5
I have very hidden veins and it is usually problematic to get one in. They have threatened to use the vein in my breast before because it was the only one they could see.
ItsJustMe1616 26
They threatened to use a vein in your breast? Wow. It sounds as if they were blaming you for their inability to do their job.. How ridiculous honestly. Completely unnecessary. I wouldn't go back their if I didn't have to. Sorry to hear that. FYL and F OP's L.
ksktwin84 14
Actually, sometimes breast veins are the best available. Not a punishment at all. Personally, I'd rather they use my breast, neck or foot (atypical places sometimes used for IVs) than have them stick my arms and hands multiple times without getting it in
RandomBird 20
The same thing happened to me when I was maybe 6 years old when I was getting a blood test. They gave me some old nurse who probably couldn't even see what she was doing and stabbed me 3 times before she went to get someone else. Sorry OP, I know it sucks.
baysideisacult 15
To all the people voting YDI- why? How could OP deserve getting admitted to hospital or having veins that are hard to find?
ItsJustMe1616 26
I asked myself the same question and went scrolling through the comments to see if anyone had given some dumbass explanation as to why they voted YDI. It's amazing how no matter what the post is, there will always he a couple thousand people who vote YDI. Even though this one isn't quite there yet, I'm sure it will be soon enough. There are some stupid people on FML, I mean don't get me wrong, I can see someone trying to say "YDI cause you were probably dehydrated" but there is no proof to that. So even the only logical way to say YDI is stupid anyways.
CallMeCake 12
One time they missed 28 times the 29th time they got it
cakefete2 31
Hey?! They can't call you cake, I'm cake.
glengus 17
you counted that far?
worldclassrager 41
Get well soon OP
Saraishi 25
Ooh, ouch.
KatsFaerie 7
I feel your pain.. I have to get IV's in my hands, I'm dreading the day it has to be put in my chest
Jghaugland 6
You would hate drugs.
jewelia13 12
I had an IV in my hand for a few days, and wound up getting a blood clot. When they tried to switch it over to my left hand, I screamed in pain so much that my boyfriend had to leave the room. Turns out I was so dehydrated that my veins had shrunk (that's a rough idea of what happened), and I wound up getting a clot in my left hand as well. The poor nurse felt so bad!