Needle! Ahhh :P

[Zak]

Haha thought I'd share with you my little personal story for today

I went to a GUM Clinic (Sexual health clinic) in Coventry for a HIV test, for basically piece of mind .. When I got there did the information filling, called in by the nurse. Did the blood test..

Inserts the needle, "Oooh I don't think we got the vein" .... great :/ lol then she went to take it out and suddenly I hear a sound like the needle explode like a loud suck sound.. and she's like "Ooooh I did get blood, must have caught it on the way out"... **** me did it hurt after

My arms still like dead hours after, got a nice bruise and you can see where the needle slipped in my arm when she took it out (which she didn't tell me about at the time)

Any of you have a fear of needles (like I do) or like.. missed veins or weird stuff like my situation happening?

[David]

nah dont have a fear or had something like that happen, are you sure she was a nurse? lol

[Chris]

I have a fear of needles, they make me feel physically sick and faint. The thought of having to sit there while they say they can't find the vein must be horrible. Cringe.

[Glen Coco]

went for a blood test once to check if i was anaemic and she couldn't find my vein. she stuck the needle in and sorta wiggled it around. made my arm go numb and i could feel the needle in my arm.

[Cerys]

I went for a blood test for the fist time a few weeks ago to see if I was diabetic.. I actually loved it. When they finished I asked them to take more blood because I loved the feeling of it

But I bet waiting for them to find a vein is so fustrating!

[Mathew]

The last time I had any kind of needle in my arm was April 2009... I had the booster injection for tetanus, diphtheria, and polio. I was honestly so scared beforehand... it was on my mind for weeks. When I finally got to the doctor's office, I was quizzing her... would I be able to wear my jumper? Would I be able to shower? Would it hurt? She said that it would "feel something like this..." and jabbed it in me. It was done, and it felt nothing more than a quick bee sting. I don't think I mind them now!

[orientalframe?]

i don't have a problem with them, but it makes me feel so weird when people explain like oh she stabbed it in and missed a vein oh my god yghrtgehedhged but yeah don't mind them and it's all over with in a few seconds

[MKR&*42]

I get slightly anxious, but it never usually fusses me greatly. I can't recall having that many anyway - my last one was a DTP (Diphtheria, Tetanus & Polio) jab in 2011 and that didn't feel bad tbh.

[Samantha]

@Zak; ah you remind me of last year.

Basically, in July 2011 I needed an operation on my teeth to remove the bases of the crowns I had before they broke, I refused to have it under the normal needle at the dentist so required to go to the hospital. On my induction thing the doctor said I had good veins so shouldn't have a problem when the day came round. I got my appointment and went and everything, they called me in and they had ran out of that stuff they put on your hand to numb it so you can't feel the needle going in.

Anyway, they tried, I screamed the place down and my mum was crying in the waiting room, they found no vein so they had to try my other arm, again they found no vein. This continued and after about 7 attempts in different places they had the nerve to say 'should we just give you the needles in the mouth' come on? If I was going to have that done I would have gone to my proper dentist who is actually nice. So I said no and they told me they would have one more attempt at it - luckily that attempt was a success and I had the operation but afterwards I went home and had all pin *****s in my arms where the needles had been. I couldn't even hug my boyfriend I was in so much pain, they took ages to heal up too!

However, when I went to sleep for the operation 2 years previous they used the numbing cream, found the vein straight away and such it just goes to show 9the above operation was just sedation so I wasn't properly asleep).

My HPV jabs hurt though, I could feel it go in each time and touch my bone, it ached for days and I couldn't lift it, same for my Polio jab too!

[Zak]

@Zak; ah you remind me of last year.

Basically, in July 2011 I needed an operation on my teeth to remove the bases of the crowns I had before they broke, I refused to have it under the normal needle at the dentist so required to go to the hospital. On my induction thing the doctor said I had good veins so shouldn't have a problem when the day came round. I got my appointment and went and everything, they called me in and they had ran out of that stuff they put on your hand to numb it so you can't feel the needle going in.

Anyway, they tried, I screamed the place down and my mum was crying in the waiting room, they found no vein so they had to try my other arm, again they found no vein. This continued and after about 7 attempts in different places they had the nerve to say 'should we just give you the needles in the mouth' come on? If I was going to have that done I would have gone to my proper dentist who is actually nice. So I said no and they told me they would have one more attempt at it - luckily that attempt was a success and I had the operation but afterwards I went home and had all pin *****s in my arms where the needles had been. I couldn't even hug my boyfriend I was in so much pain, they took ages to heal up too!

However, when I went to sleep for the operation 2 years previous they used the numbing cream, found the vein straight away and such it just goes to show 9the above operation was just sedation so I wasn't properly asleep).

My HPV jabs hurt though, I could feel it go in each time and touch my bone, it ached for days and I couldn't lift it, same for my Polio jab too!

Ohhhh bless Sam! I still can't move my arm very well, HIV test is like a blood test but like a vacuum bigger needle Normally it's just like a normal blood test but when they **** it up OUCH! Feel sorry for the several stabs though, I've had that before. I've even had a blood test, then got told I needed another one straight after because they missed something so had to have another one in my other arm

I get slightly anxious, but it never usually fusses me greatly. I can't recall having that many anyway - my last one was a DTP (Diphtheria, Tetanus & Polio) jab in 2011 and that didn't feel bad tbh.

The last time I had any kind of needle in my arm was April 2009... I had the booster injection for tetanus, diphtheria, and polio. I was honestly so scared beforehand... it was on my mind for weeks. When I finally got to the doctor's office, I was quizzing her... would I be able to wear my jumper? Would I be able to shower? Would it hurt? She said that it would "feel something like this..." and jabbed it in me. It was done, and it felt nothing more than a quick bee sting. I don't think I mind them now!

Haha yeh! I had to have Hepatitis A and Typhoid about a month ago because I'm going to Egypt. I was quite worried because last time I had something like that was in school and it hurt.. i went and it didn't hurt at all I was like... well that was easy. Couldn't lift my arm very high after tho

I have a fear of needles, they make me feel physically sick and faint. The thought of having to sit there while they say they can't find the vein must be horrible. Cringe.

And yeh I'm scared of them but not that scared.. my hands just get a little sweaty.. I hate the thought of it in my arm.. it's just.. unnatural