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Now I remember why I don't like docs

VaulterMomVaulterMom member
in May 2011 Moms

Yesterday I went to do the monthly blood test they do on me. Last month the nurse hit a nerve and my arm was sore for a week.

Yesterday, a different nurse burst a blood vessel and now I have a funky line and insane purple bruise? I look like a drug addict that cant even get it right! 

(Never posted a pic before so I hope this works :) 

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Re: Now I remember why I don't like docs

  • LegalLadyBugLegalLadyBug member
    I'm sorry, that sucks. I have always bruised easily and get big ones from any blood work. When I was first PG and had my betas done they did one from each arm and I totally looked like a junkie.

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  • VaulterMomVaulterMom member
    Eek! I usually bruise easily, but not with shots or blood work. I used to donate all the time and never had a problem :(
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  • babysteenababysteena
    omg that is a terrible bruise! :(  I'm sorry they did that to you.  Next time, ask for an experienced technician that doesn't make those mistakes.  I had that happen to me during my first blood draw too, and I refused to let him draw my blood EVER again.. it hurt so bad.. and he kept poking me in the same place like he was going to get the vein.. eventually my vein collapsed.. I was pissed!
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  • sdlaurasdlaura member

    Do they have an option for you to go to a separate lab, where all the people do all day is take blood?  It sounds like they're inexperienced.

    With me, even the lab techs can never find a vein.  If they need more than one vial of blood, they have to use both arms, usually.  And often they have to use the special butterfly needle that they use on little kids.

    The sad part is that my blood type is O negative (the universal donor), so if my veins weren't so horrible I would want to donate blood all the time.

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  • VaulterMomVaulterMom member
    imageL12541:

    Do they have an option for you to go to a separate lab, where all the people do all day is take blood?  It sounds like they're inexperienced.

    With me, even the lab techs can never find a vein.  If they need more than one vial of blood, they have to use both arms, usually.  And often they have to use the special butterfly needle that they use on little kids.

    The sad part is that my blood type is O negative (the universal donor), so if my veins weren't so horrible I would want to donate blood all the time.

    Awww that stinks! Both times I was at a clinic where that's all they do :| I actually have better luck with students working on me! I think next time I'm warning them and if it happens again I will call to complain.

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  • Kristi85Kristi85
    Ugh!!  This made my arm hair stick up!!  Tongue Tied
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  • tokenhosertokenhoser member

    To be fair, the people stealing your blood probably aren't doctors.

    I always tell the techs I've got "rolly veins". Seems to keep them on their toes so they actually hit me on the first try. It also helps a lot to chug some water beforehand and be very well hydrated.

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  • janjagjanjag member
    After having to do b/w regularly for a few years due to a med issue, I learned to ask for the butterfly needle.  It's teeny.
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  • ymmas911ymmas911

    I have a compromised immune system(primitive T cells) so I used to get tapped for blood a LOT in my left arm(usually over 10 large vials each time)...well, after a while, Surprise! That arm didn't want to give blood any more!

    Well, when I went in for a biopsy on my right arm pit, they obviously couldn't tap my right arm for the IV, so it took 3 nurses trying for 20 minutes each before they called in the big guns....this sweet looking little lady who could find veins better and faster than Superman can find Lois Lane when she's been captured! She ended up having to tap the middle of my forearm!

    Oddly, that surgery ended up meaning more to me than I would have imagined! Not only did we find out that I didn't have Lymphoma as we feared(my mom had N-H Lymphoma she found as a lump in her arm pit). But we also have LO as a souvenir b/c he was conceived the night before my surgery!

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