Ever have a hideous bruise from a blood draw?

SeaSoul · July 2010

I had my beta 6 days ago and have the most hideous bruise left over. The lab tech told me I might bruise (and I have before), but this is over-the-top. It's all around the left side of my vein, dark reddish-purple. Reminds me of the kind of bruising I saw on my grandparents with their paper-thin skin in their later years, and was horrified by.

Is this normal? I've been putting Arnica gel on it today and it hurts when I touch it (but I never would have known that had I not touched it - obviously it's in a place that does not normally get touched).

DavezWife · July 2010

yup, a lot. I tend to avoid them if I don't press super hard post-draw. Even though they say "put pressure on it!" She may also had to have dug around for a rolling vein or something, and knew she was going to cause a bruise. vampire ;-)

yankee42 · July 2010

i did once...from when they were drawing my betas from my m/c...it was AWEFUL and hurt so bad...next time i had to go in to labcorp, i BEGGED to not have the same tech, because the woman was just so uncaring and rough...right away they knew who i was talking about, and the other tech said she was gonna tell her manager about the complaint..ugh..that sucked, im sorry

SeaSoul · July 2010

DavezWife:
yup, a lot. I tend to avoid them if I don't press super hard post-draw. Even though they say "put pressure on it!" She may also had to have dug around for a rolling vein or something, and knew she was going to cause a bruise. vampire ;-)

rolling vein? ugh. all of it...ugh. i mean, there's bruising and then there's BRUISING. this is ridiculous!

SeaSoul · July 2010

yankee42:
i did once...from when they were drawing my betas from my m/c...it was AWEFUL and hurt so bad...next time i had to go in to labcorp, i BEGGED to not have the same tech, because the woman was just so uncaring and rough...right away they knew who i was talking about, and the other tech said she was gonna tell her manager about the complaint..ugh..that sucked, im sorry

no kidding?! funny thing is, this wasn't particularly rough or painful, just a run-of-the-mill blood draw...i've had much worse with very little bruising.

oct92004bride · July 2010

yep looked like a drug addict during IF treatments-LOL. I bruise easilly and was on lovenox (bllod thinner) which didn't help the matter. Hang in there, luckily the brusing didn't take super long to heal.

OscarQ · July 2010

Yup, I had my last beta last Monday so nearly a week and a half and I'm still getting "What's That?" comments when people see my bruise. Even the nurse at the REs office asked me about it today and then was horrified that it happened at their office. For most of last week I had that bruise and another one going on the same arm - I really looked like a junkie.

Mine doesn't hurt though - that part doesn't seem normal about your bruise. I hope it clears up soon.

TheSkimmy · July 2010

I still have a small tiny bruise from my 3 hour gd test 2 weeks ago. No clue what makes it bruise- but rubbing it actually helps it go away faster.

TakYelgif · July 2010

my arms were covered in bruises when I was going through my IVF cycles for DS. The bruises took forever to heal.

Villo24 · July 2010

Yes it can happen. I have had the worst bruises from giving blood. The worst being when my vein blew and I had a huge purple and brown bruise for at least 5 days. So pretty...

pinkcallalily · July 2010

I had this happen one time when they went through the vein and had to try again. My arm was bruised from wrist to shoulder and it hurt! I called my nurse and asked if it was okay (she just said it happens sometimes) and I noticed after that they were a lot more careful when drawing my blood, so I'm thinking she must have said something.

2005julybride · July 2010

I normally bruise pretty easily when giving blood because my veins roll and are usually hard to find. I looked awful during my IVF cycles. I just had THE WORST bruise ever when I had my 3hr glucose test last month. It was huge, totally black and took a month to go away! Everyone kept asking me what happened. My dr. told me to put a heating pad on it to help it heal a bit faster - you might want to try that.

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