Reply #7: They finally resorted to the butterfly the last time [View All]

[tammywammy]

I had to have 2 tubes filled, it took awhile, but wasn't bad. Thankfully the nurses are pretty good at my doctor's offices. They're patient and will wait, or go and come back later. My mom has had a nurse just jab her and I guess she was fishing around hoping to hit something.

I feel bad for the nurse most of the time. They'll apologize because they're not finding one, and I'm like "It's not your fault." I just know if I'm going in for a physical, 30 min will be spent trying to get blood.

Edited to add, the worse needle experience I've ever had was getting an IV. The nurse did 5 sticks before just going for the back of my hand. That was the worse feeling in the world, okay not as bad as a spinal tap, but pretty damn bad. I had a minor surgery a couple of years ago, and I was scared to death of getting an IV because of the previous experience. I just told the nurse what had happened to me before, and she was excellent, first stick.