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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A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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)
Lancemallow 5
I feel this in my soul I'm frequently hosptitalized and nurses ALWAYS miss my vein when putting in IVs. Sometimes to the point of having to open another IV needle pack and retrying with that one.
danyellenicole94 10
I know exactly how you feel. Every time I give blood they need blood work or I need an IV they have to have 2-3 people try.
katie55220 14
I know that feeling
hella_chan 10
It's okay OP. If it makes you feel better, one time after I got my tonsils out I got a huge fever and was sent to the hospital. I made this huge mistake where I pointed to a scar on my arm and they proceeded to try to stick the IV into the scar they assumed was from a previous IV insertion. It took 3 people.. 2 people on my right arm with the scar and one person who finally got it on my left arm. The next day I looked at the scar and there was a bruise about 1 inch going up to the left of my arm. OTL I forgot how long it was but it felt like 5ever
MLardinos 14
Who hasn't this happened to?
alyssajanae_ 4
you sound pregnant .. are you ?
rocker_chick23 27
OP is male. I am pretty sure he isn't pregnant
xLIGHTS_fml 23
That happened to me when I had to get surgery. It was horrible.
CaptainBlack 18
Yep I've been there. I was getting my wisdom teeth out and I'd never worked out in my life and was 6'0 120. They had a really hard time finding a vein... places they tried included the backs of both hands (one twice), both arms in several places, and eventually they found one in my right arm that worked but it was not a pleasant experience.
Jeisler 11
That's okay I've been poked 26 times before. It's not fun.
wvcheesehead 13
There efforts were finally proven to be in vein though, correct?