Getting bloodwork, do you look at the needle when they are drawing your blood?

Hi PearlGrace Oh I always look I don't mind injections at all but my daughter has to be held down to have one. I like to see what colour it is and how much they are taking. Ellie :D

I'm not too fond of having blood drawn but it doesn't creep me out or anything. I do have to watch though because I want to know the second it's going to hurt! I hate not being ready for that sting.

I go through fasting and getting bloodwork done almost all the time. Trust me, I swear that it hurts like hell, but it's best if you DO look at the needle so that it'll tell you if they're drawing your blood. Sometimes when I go do bloodwork, they can't get any blood out of me at all, as though i'm as dry as the Sahara Desert. That's why I have to drink LOTS and LOTS and EVEN LOTS MORE water to get the blood to flow back into my arm veins again so that they can get their blood out of me. I know it may hurt, and I know that it stings painfully, but at the very least, keep your mind on the end result: the relief that comes from such a painful ordeal, having to eat what you want after fasting, those kinds of things. You can look at the needle, but don't focus on the pain most of the time. Think of the end results, and drink lots of water just as I do. That'll get the whole thing done in no time.

No I don't. I hate it when they draw blood...and even give a shot. I don't like the needle. When my kids were little and had to either have blood work done, or a vacination....I wouldn't be the one that went with. I would get light headed or actually pass out. So to avoid any problems I just don't look.

I have always watched. I am very interested in anything medical though and just love seeing how they do it all. Also, I'm not squimish in the least. I don't like having blood drawn though because they have a hard time with my veins. My veins are small, move alot, and are deep under the skin. Alot of times they end up taking blood from the top of my hand.

I dont watch the needle going in. But I have watched the blood come out,. It really does not bother me! I have Donated Plasma and your blood is going through a long plastic tubing,. so getting bloodwork done is not nearly as bad as that! So I take it that you have never donated plasma before then?

I just had blood tests yesterday in preparation for minor surgery. And it's not really something that gives me the shudders. They just tell me to inhale when they stick the needle in, extract the blood, then inhale again to pull out the needle. And yes, I do look because I've had the bad experience of having incompetent nurses or medical technologists (as they are referred to here) who can't find my vein to stick the needle in. I have actually reprimanded the ones who have had to do it more than once.

I don't watch when I get stuck to have blood drawn. I always tell the phlebotomist that they need some more interesting pictures on the wall to distract a person. I have a hard time with shoots too. If I'm have one I prefer it in the arm but some have to be put in the hip. When they touch the spot on my hip my muscles automatically tighten up so I have to tell them to wait until I can get those muscle to relax. The nurses are good at that. I had blood drawn from the back of my hand once and that is very painful. I actually only had one phlebotomist that was just really painful. I have had to have blood drawn every couple of months because of a medication I was on. I had one nurse that drew blood that was so good I really didn't feel it at all.

The only time I had trouble looking at a needle was when I had to get dental work done and they had to use novocaine. I get 5 shots in my knee every six months and I sit there and watch the intern give me the shot. I usually watch the nurse take blood from my arm because some of the "vampires" have trouble finding my veins.

I can't watch - I always have to look away and not watch the needle. Once they've made the stick, I can watch the rest, but not when they stick the needle.

Yup, I hate the sight, but I have got to look at it, to make sure that the nurse or whoever is doing her job properly, and not stick the needle all over the place. I'm so worried about trainee workers who are using me as a guinea pig to stick their needles!

Yeah. I look. I don't care. Needles and blood don't scare me at all. In fact, I've gave my self many piercings with just a safety pin. that kind of thing doesn't bother me at all. I think that it is cool when they have to draw a lot cuz then you will feel kinda dizzy. It is such a funny feeling. I hate IVs though. Those suck because they are attached to you.

For me when i draw blood I tend to look as they stick the needle in my arm cause if I don't then i can feel myself getting nervous as I'm wandering when is she or he gonna stick it in and all so when I look at the needle I'm more clam as I see it go in my arm but after they stick it in I look at the blood flowing threw the tube for some reason it just relaxes me. I know it's kinda creepy but I feel more comfortable seeing the blood flowing threw the tubes cause then I feel more vulnerable kinda like some people like to feel invincible I like knowing that i can get hurt and blood will drip out.

Actually my nurse told me 95% of people don't look at the needle because they feel it hurts more. I look at it. I wanna know whats going in my body and when! I have bad reflexes. I've hit the nurse before when I didn't look at the needle because it scared me. She thought it was hilarious... I was completely embarrassed.

I am probably rather weird but I do watch and I watch the blood and the vials being changed! I have really bad veins and a lot of people have problems getting my blood out of me so I guess I just watch to make sure it is coming out - the fact that I am not phased by needles helps! This might not be everyones idea of the right thing but I have always taken my daughter along with me and she loves to watch the whole process too - in fact one of our nurses gets her involved to help , she says she wants to be a doctor that deals with blood! Haematology is calling to my daughter! xxx

No, I can't look at the needle. I have to talk about something else or if I concentrate on it, I will vasovagle. Fancy word for saying that I can knock myself out or faint.

I never look when they are about to stick a needle into me. Aside from turning away, I also squeeze my eyes shut tightly, and now that I think about it, I think I also hold my breath. They always say, "this is going to feel like an ant bite" or "this will feel like a mosquito bite" but of course it never does, it always hurts more.

Hi Pearl! Yes Yes Yes! I love to watch! I watch to make sure they do it right! And they usually don't. I have very bad and small veins. In fact I was thinking about becoming a phlebotomist if I decide to take another course in medical assisting so that I can make sure that I never hurt anyone the way that I get hurt every time I get my blood taken. It's a good thing that I'm not afraid to get stuck because it usually takes a few times to find a decent vein. I apparently have "rolling veins" which means when they stick them they move or roll. If I know this and tell them since they are professionals then why don't they listen! I also tell them to use a butterfly needle and some of the more snotty ones say "what do you know about a butterfly needle?" Obviously, more then they do! I was a medical assistant so that stuff intrigues me. I love medicine so I'm not squimish at all except I don't like getting injections because I know that the it's the medication going into the shot that's going to hurt later!

Hi,PearlGrace.I dare not to see the nurse or the needle when they phlebotomize my blood.I just look at the other direction and think the happy thing.It seems that the time go faster in that situation.I have a classmate who would faint if he saw the blood.The doctor said that is one kind of disease.

hi there. i do a lot of injecting to other people. but when it comes to myself i would really never look at the needle, it will just scare the heavens out of me..heheh.. well, i know its not that painful but it sure is scary:)