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)
MrCantgetright 4
if a few pricks make you feel like a pin cushion pray you never need a EMG.
goat12 3
haha try needing an iv to get a MRI. it took 8 nurses 4 doctors and the anesthesiologist to get the iv in. I was the human pin cushion.
thesinginguy 18
I'm pretty sure it's not a cannula? I think. Isn't a cannula the thing that they put in your nose to breathe? If someone knows please correct me.
thesinginguy 18
Oh Nevermind. Seems I was half right. I guess the little IV tube and the nose tubes are both cannulas.
random_jay 6
Most people call the IV a catheter
blondie107 20
I had to get an arterial blood has done with a 1.5 inch needle. Took them eleven times to actually get it in correctly in my wrist, elbow and eventually, groin. I'm a pincushion
kimmy7770 10
I was in hospital one time and was severely dehydrated due to vomiting. The doctor was struggling to get my IV in so asked for help. I had 2 doctors, 2 nurses and a student doctor, one at each limb and one at my stomach all sticking needles into me at the same time. It was horrible.
insanecheck 8
the exact same thing happened to me
Alexhamm33 5
I recently broke my wrist and they had to repetitively try and insert the needle into my vain because they kept missing it.
robynpie 1
When I was pregnant it took 4 different people about 10 tried to get my IV in.
Guardian88 21
Get better veins then lol
cakorpi44 3
It's called a catheter not a cannula.