Ouch! That Needle Prick

@ZedSmart (19839)
Philippines
October 3, 2018 12:47am CST
But just a little. I’m used to this. Lab tests once again. I’m not afraid of the little needle but what I do not want is the fasting. Without having any intake of food or water during last meal at night makes me really weak in the morning before taking that blood specimen. I have no choice but to wait especially if there are also other patients who get in there first. I hope that results are fine. This is probably part of our lives when age progresses. Do you have fear of that little needle?
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Tokz
@ilocosboy (45155)
• Philippines
3 Oct 18
Big yes for me. As if i'm going to collapse seeing needle prick to my skin.
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@ZedSmart (19839)
• Philippines
3 Oct 18
Hey! Just compose your mind. It's just little and would not take much longer. I'm about to get mad at the lab tech because she did not find the vein immediately and need to repeat the procedure more than five times and still unable. I requested her to stop when I feel the pain. I told her to call the in-charge lab tech to take the sample. I think she's an OJT.
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Tokz
@ilocosboy (45155)
• Philippines
3 Oct 18
5 times, my goodness, if the tech is ojt, failed!
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@ZedSmart (19839)
• Philippines
3 Oct 18
@ilocosboy Yes. I did not complain about it not until I felt minimal pain because it would take much longer hadn't I do that.
Sai
@vsai2008 (11794)
• India
3 Oct 18
Last week i too had to get tests for my gynaecology checkup, that big needle really hurt a lot.
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Sai
@vsai2008 (11794)
• India
3 Oct 18
@ZedSmart Yes with newbies it is very painful
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@ZedSmart (19839)
• Philippines
3 Oct 18
I'm used to it especially if the technician is already an expert. There are some newbies perhaps afraid of their patient and can't do that immediately at ease.
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rsa101
@rsa101 (40946)
• Philippines
3 Oct 18
Fasting is usually done to patients with high sugar levels in their bloodtest. This will ensure that when it is elevated even though you have fasted means there is a serios sugar problem happening in you.
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rsa101
@rsa101 (40946)
• Philippines
3 Oct 18
@ZedSmart Yes that is really needed else if you cheated the results may not show your real blood sugar situation.
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@ZedSmart (19839)
• Philippines
3 Oct 18
FBS was included that's why. It's like a torture because I can't imagine the hunger I need to undergo because of the procedure.
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Judy Story
@jstory07 (148701)
• Roseburg, Oregon
3 Oct 18
I do not like needles at all.
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@ZedSmart (19839)
• Philippines
3 Oct 18
We just can't avoid it during vaccination and lab tests.
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Judy Story
@jstory07 (148701)
• Roseburg, Oregon
3 Oct 18
@ZedSmart I just close my eyes and do not look.
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@ZedSmart (19839)
• Philippines
3 Oct 18
@jstory07 It can really inflict fear because we know that there's some pain in it unless it's accidental like getting a wound.
Simone
@Janet357 (75638)
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3 Oct 18
I still cry when i receive injection. I hate those big needles.
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@ZedSmart (19839)
• Philippines
3 Oct 18
Yes. If we only have other choice.
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G
@freelancermariagrace (29342)
• Philippines
3 Oct 18
Not scared of the needles though. What scares me actually is the results from the laboratory. They are horrifying.
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@ZedSmart (19839)
• Philippines
4 Oct 18
Yes. That's true. We know what it means if the results are beyond the normal range.
hereandthere
@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
3 Oct 18
for me, the fasting and waiting is harder, too. i didn't have vein problems when i was younger, but now, they have to try both arms.
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@ZedSmart (19839)
• Philippines
3 Oct 18
Sometimes, techs have hard time locating that vein but for some it's just easy. It perhaps vary according to their skills especially on the newbie.