Reply #30: I had a horrible IV experience, too [View All]

[Pithlet]

I don't' know what happened, but it was so painful I nearly fainted, and blood squirted everywhere. I'm still nervous about IVs. I never was, before.

My veins are also small. They usually have to use a butterfly. I tried to give blood once and they couldn't do it because of the large guage needles they have to use. I tried a second time a few years later, and the person must have been as talented as the OP, because he was able to do it.