mnealtx 0 #26 January 23, 2005 LOL - nice bed-side manner, there!! I'm in the same boat as Jeffrey - after donating a couple of gallons over the years, I'm now prohibited due to having been living in Europe. I've always watched, though - and at times have had to tell the vampire "wrong angle!"Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dzdiva 7 #27 January 23, 2005 It's fun to mess with people. Of course, you have to realize which ones you can mess with. If you make them laugh, they're a little less nervous."It's not just a daydream if you choose to make it your life..." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mayberry 0 #28 January 23, 2005 QuoteI'm now prohibited due to having been living in Europe Same here, found out the last time I tried to give blood. Even though it was way back in the 80's. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites GQ_jumper 4 #29 January 23, 2005 i like to watch, its neat to see whats goin on!!History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid. --Dwight D. Eisenhower Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites kbordson 8 #30 January 23, 2005 If I trust them/know them, I don't watch so that I'm not inadvertantly flinching. If I don't know them, I watch. If I don't trust them, I do it myself. (note: If trying to draw your own blood, do not use a vacutainer tube, use a butterfly and a syringe.... You loose style points when you cause a bruise that almost goes all the way around your arm! Someone please learn from my stupidity) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites freeflir29 0 #31 January 23, 2005 QuoteI'm usually in and done before they know it. Is it bad if you do this with sex? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites dzdiva 7 #32 January 23, 2005 QuoteQuoteI'm usually in and done before they know it. Is it bad if you do this with sex? LMAO!! Leave it to you to say something like that. Actually, I dated a guy like that..."It's not just a daydream if you choose to make it your life..." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites freeflir29 0 #33 January 23, 2005 QuoteLeave it to you to say something like that. It's expected of me..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites d_squared431 0 #34 January 23, 2005 I watch every time. It's not that I don't trust the person drawing my blood, it's that I remember most of them from when they were learning and let me tell ya I would refuse for a few of them to draw my blood. TPM Sister#130ONTIG#1 I love vodka.I love vodka cause it rhymes with Tuaca~LisaH You having a clean thought is like billyvance having a clean post.iluvtofly Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites dzdiva 7 #35 January 23, 2005 QuoteQuoteLeave it to you to say something like that. It's expected of me..... Yes it is and your public thanks you for not letting them down!"It's not just a daydream if you choose to make it your life..." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites BillyVance 35 #36 January 23, 2005 I look straight ahead and try to keep my muscles relaxed. If I watch the needle about to go in, I will tense up and it ends up hurting worse than it needs to."Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Shotgun 1 #37 January 23, 2005 I watch... doesn't bother me a bit. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites smiles 0 #38 January 23, 2005 It is very hard to watch when it's your child getting the "poke." I was diagnosed with diabetes when I was 10, and the nurses were very cool at getting me used to needles. I got to practice my injections into an orange every day until I was ready to try doing my own insulin injections. It was way harder for my mother to learn and do insulin injections, than it was for me to learn. In those days there was way more involved than now as I had to boil my syringes and needles, plus check needles for burrs.........insulin was also beef & pork rather than bio-synthetic(dna origin.) The disposable syringes now come with needles so fine (used on babies) ...ya do not feel a thing. Also back when I was young had to go for the weekly lab appt. to get blood taken to test blood sugars...(it made no sense to find out results days later) that sucked a big one...on my veins. (So simple now with blood testing devices that only require a finger poke..) 30 yrs. of pokin later...if I ever need blood work taken...I watch, and can tell right away if the person is skilled at there job or not, and believe me there have been more times than not- a problem with their skill. The real experienced, have no problem with my veins, they are in no rush and take their sweet time finding what they want....and are very successful with only 1 poke!! SMiles Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Guru312 0 #39 January 24, 2005 Quote... People are funny. It's the anticipation of being stuck with a needle that makes them squirm. I'm usually in and done before they know it.----- Actually, dzdiva's post describes what happened to my daughter, Rebecca. She was watching the nurse do the prep process and her mom was saying "Look away! Look away!" Rebecca said, "The nurse was so fast that I never had a chance to look away." I posted this poll because I thought jumpers would be "I'm a watcher" type by about 3:1 or more but the results don't seem to indicate the numbers are getting closer together with time. Jumpers continually surprise me.Guru312 I am not DB Cooper Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skymama 37 #40 January 24, 2005 I watch. I had to get allergy shots for 6 years when I was young so needles don't bother me at all. It does make me queasy to watch bloody scenes on tv shows though. Blech!She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites windcatcher 0 #41 January 24, 2005 I definitely like to watch a needle get inserted into my skin. In psych201 last yr. it was cool to learn about conditioning and how most people are just freaked out by the thought of a needle. It's cool to watch, because there's an anticipation beforehand but once it's over it's no biggie. Mother to the cutest little thing in the world... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Peej 0 #42 January 24, 2005 I watch. Advertisio Rodriguez / Sky Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites complexity 0 #43 January 25, 2005 Whenever i donate blood I always watch everything except the moments before they stick the needle in. I don't know why because i have donated so many times before so I KNOW its not really going to hurt. I might sound kind of weird, but does anyone kind of enjoy giving blood? I kind of like it for some reason... its kind of neat watching your blood fill a bag and knowing you are helping someone. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites kbordson 8 #44 January 25, 2005 Quote I might sound kind of weird, but does anyone kind of enjoy giving blood? I kind of like it for some reason... its kind of neat watching your blood fill a bag and knowing you are helping someone. I kinda feel proud when I can finish in under 5 minutes. Can't do it all the time, but if you get a good stick, and pump hard (wait.. that sounds kinda interesting....) Only got woozy once (of the 65 times so far), but that was while fasting and a "good" time of 4 1/2 min... had to sit back down for a sec. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites kelel01 1 #45 January 25, 2005 If I see blood when I'm giving blood, I very quickly become faint. But they won't let me close my eyes, and there's blood EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK at a blood drive, so I end up looking at the ceiling the whole time. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites freeflir29 0 #46 January 25, 2005 Quoteso I end up looking at the ceiling the whole time. Do what you do during sex. "Beige...........I think I'll paint the room Beige." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites moodyskydiver 0 #47 January 25, 2005 Yup I watch.I'd rather know whats going on than be surprised and make a bad move/surprised reaction if I dont know when it happens. For the most part, if the person on the poking end of the needle knows what they're doing, then I dont mind needles.I've had piercings and tattoos and all kinds of medical crap done.Hell, 2 days ago I had both knees aspirated and injected with cortisone (yuck) and I'm starting an injection therapy series that involves 5 injections into each knee over the next few weeks..I'll be very acquainted with needles by then. "...just an earthbound misfit, I." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Guest #48 January 25, 2005 When I donated, I liked to grab my arm, start panting, and roll my eyes up in my head. That always got a reaction, until they wised up. mh ."The mouse does not know life until it is in the mouth of the cat." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites wildcard451 0 #49 January 25, 2005 Watch or not, it doesn't matter to me anymore. I have veins like an oil pipeline, and you can put a 14 in the back of my hand. I have taught many people to start IVs on me, and will prolly let many more use me as a pincushion. I knew it REALLY doesn't phase me anymore after letting an LPN do her first stick on my hand while I was writing a post-op note. I only looked up to tell her to put more pressure on the catheter when I felt blood running down my hand. Oh well, makes me a good target for donating blood. For some reason they always wanna take 2 pints. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Darius11 12 #50 January 25, 2005 I watch. When I was a kid I hated getting shots. I mean I would runaway and brake stuff and the Dr. usually had my older brother or dad hold me down so they could give me a shot. Giving blood was never a big deal I have no idea why I was a afraid of getting shot but didn’t really care about someone sticking a needle in my arm and taking blood. I think I am just weird.I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not." - Kurt Cobain Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 1 2 3 Next Page 2 of 3 Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0 Go To Topic Listing
GQ_jumper 4 #29 January 23, 2005 i like to watch, its neat to see whats goin on!!History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid. --Dwight D. Eisenhower Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kbordson 8 #30 January 23, 2005 If I trust them/know them, I don't watch so that I'm not inadvertantly flinching. If I don't know them, I watch. If I don't trust them, I do it myself. (note: If trying to draw your own blood, do not use a vacutainer tube, use a butterfly and a syringe.... You loose style points when you cause a bruise that almost goes all the way around your arm! Someone please learn from my stupidity) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #31 January 23, 2005 QuoteI'm usually in and done before they know it. Is it bad if you do this with sex? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dzdiva 7 #32 January 23, 2005 QuoteQuoteI'm usually in and done before they know it. Is it bad if you do this with sex? LMAO!! Leave it to you to say something like that. Actually, I dated a guy like that..."It's not just a daydream if you choose to make it your life..." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #33 January 23, 2005 QuoteLeave it to you to say something like that. It's expected of me..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
d_squared431 0 #34 January 23, 2005 I watch every time. It's not that I don't trust the person drawing my blood, it's that I remember most of them from when they were learning and let me tell ya I would refuse for a few of them to draw my blood. TPM Sister#130ONTIG#1 I love vodka.I love vodka cause it rhymes with Tuaca~LisaH You having a clean thought is like billyvance having a clean post.iluvtofly Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dzdiva 7 #35 January 23, 2005 QuoteQuoteLeave it to you to say something like that. It's expected of me..... Yes it is and your public thanks you for not letting them down!"It's not just a daydream if you choose to make it your life..." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 35 #36 January 23, 2005 I look straight ahead and try to keep my muscles relaxed. If I watch the needle about to go in, I will tense up and it ends up hurting worse than it needs to."Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shotgun 1 #37 January 23, 2005 I watch... doesn't bother me a bit. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites smiles 0 #38 January 23, 2005 It is very hard to watch when it's your child getting the "poke." I was diagnosed with diabetes when I was 10, and the nurses were very cool at getting me used to needles. I got to practice my injections into an orange every day until I was ready to try doing my own insulin injections. It was way harder for my mother to learn and do insulin injections, than it was for me to learn. In those days there was way more involved than now as I had to boil my syringes and needles, plus check needles for burrs.........insulin was also beef & pork rather than bio-synthetic(dna origin.) The disposable syringes now come with needles so fine (used on babies) ...ya do not feel a thing. Also back when I was young had to go for the weekly lab appt. to get blood taken to test blood sugars...(it made no sense to find out results days later) that sucked a big one...on my veins. (So simple now with blood testing devices that only require a finger poke..) 30 yrs. of pokin later...if I ever need blood work taken...I watch, and can tell right away if the person is skilled at there job or not, and believe me there have been more times than not- a problem with their skill. The real experienced, have no problem with my veins, they are in no rush and take their sweet time finding what they want....and are very successful with only 1 poke!! SMiles Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Guru312 0 #39 January 24, 2005 Quote... People are funny. It's the anticipation of being stuck with a needle that makes them squirm. I'm usually in and done before they know it.----- Actually, dzdiva's post describes what happened to my daughter, Rebecca. She was watching the nurse do the prep process and her mom was saying "Look away! Look away!" Rebecca said, "The nurse was so fast that I never had a chance to look away." I posted this poll because I thought jumpers would be "I'm a watcher" type by about 3:1 or more but the results don't seem to indicate the numbers are getting closer together with time. Jumpers continually surprise me.Guru312 I am not DB Cooper Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skymama 37 #40 January 24, 2005 I watch. I had to get allergy shots for 6 years when I was young so needles don't bother me at all. It does make me queasy to watch bloody scenes on tv shows though. Blech!She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites windcatcher 0 #41 January 24, 2005 I definitely like to watch a needle get inserted into my skin. In psych201 last yr. it was cool to learn about conditioning and how most people are just freaked out by the thought of a needle. It's cool to watch, because there's an anticipation beforehand but once it's over it's no biggie. Mother to the cutest little thing in the world... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Peej 0 #42 January 24, 2005 I watch. Advertisio Rodriguez / Sky Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites complexity 0 #43 January 25, 2005 Whenever i donate blood I always watch everything except the moments before they stick the needle in. I don't know why because i have donated so many times before so I KNOW its not really going to hurt. I might sound kind of weird, but does anyone kind of enjoy giving blood? I kind of like it for some reason... its kind of neat watching your blood fill a bag and knowing you are helping someone. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites kbordson 8 #44 January 25, 2005 Quote I might sound kind of weird, but does anyone kind of enjoy giving blood? I kind of like it for some reason... its kind of neat watching your blood fill a bag and knowing you are helping someone. I kinda feel proud when I can finish in under 5 minutes. Can't do it all the time, but if you get a good stick, and pump hard (wait.. that sounds kinda interesting....) Only got woozy once (of the 65 times so far), but that was while fasting and a "good" time of 4 1/2 min... had to sit back down for a sec. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites kelel01 1 #45 January 25, 2005 If I see blood when I'm giving blood, I very quickly become faint. But they won't let me close my eyes, and there's blood EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK at a blood drive, so I end up looking at the ceiling the whole time. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites freeflir29 0 #46 January 25, 2005 Quoteso I end up looking at the ceiling the whole time. Do what you do during sex. "Beige...........I think I'll paint the room Beige." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites moodyskydiver 0 #47 January 25, 2005 Yup I watch.I'd rather know whats going on than be surprised and make a bad move/surprised reaction if I dont know when it happens. For the most part, if the person on the poking end of the needle knows what they're doing, then I dont mind needles.I've had piercings and tattoos and all kinds of medical crap done.Hell, 2 days ago I had both knees aspirated and injected with cortisone (yuck) and I'm starting an injection therapy series that involves 5 injections into each knee over the next few weeks..I'll be very acquainted with needles by then. "...just an earthbound misfit, I." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Guest #48 January 25, 2005 When I donated, I liked to grab my arm, start panting, and roll my eyes up in my head. That always got a reaction, until they wised up. mh ."The mouse does not know life until it is in the mouth of the cat." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites wildcard451 0 #49 January 25, 2005 Watch or not, it doesn't matter to me anymore. I have veins like an oil pipeline, and you can put a 14 in the back of my hand. I have taught many people to start IVs on me, and will prolly let many more use me as a pincushion. I knew it REALLY doesn't phase me anymore after letting an LPN do her first stick on my hand while I was writing a post-op note. I only looked up to tell her to put more pressure on the catheter when I felt blood running down my hand. Oh well, makes me a good target for donating blood. For some reason they always wanna take 2 pints. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Darius11 12 #50 January 25, 2005 I watch. When I was a kid I hated getting shots. I mean I would runaway and brake stuff and the Dr. usually had my older brother or dad hold me down so they could give me a shot. Giving blood was never a big deal I have no idea why I was a afraid of getting shot but didn’t really care about someone sticking a needle in my arm and taking blood. I think I am just weird.I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not." - Kurt Cobain Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 1 2 3 Next Page 2 of 3 Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. 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smiles 0 #38 January 23, 2005 It is very hard to watch when it's your child getting the "poke." I was diagnosed with diabetes when I was 10, and the nurses were very cool at getting me used to needles. I got to practice my injections into an orange every day until I was ready to try doing my own insulin injections. It was way harder for my mother to learn and do insulin injections, than it was for me to learn. In those days there was way more involved than now as I had to boil my syringes and needles, plus check needles for burrs.........insulin was also beef & pork rather than bio-synthetic(dna origin.) The disposable syringes now come with needles so fine (used on babies) ...ya do not feel a thing. Also back when I was young had to go for the weekly lab appt. to get blood taken to test blood sugars...(it made no sense to find out results days later) that sucked a big one...on my veins. (So simple now with blood testing devices that only require a finger poke..) 30 yrs. of pokin later...if I ever need blood work taken...I watch, and can tell right away if the person is skilled at there job or not, and believe me there have been more times than not- a problem with their skill. The real experienced, have no problem with my veins, they are in no rush and take their sweet time finding what they want....and are very successful with only 1 poke!! SMiles Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guru312 0 #39 January 24, 2005 Quote... People are funny. It's the anticipation of being stuck with a needle that makes them squirm. I'm usually in and done before they know it.----- Actually, dzdiva's post describes what happened to my daughter, Rebecca. She was watching the nurse do the prep process and her mom was saying "Look away! Look away!" Rebecca said, "The nurse was so fast that I never had a chance to look away." I posted this poll because I thought jumpers would be "I'm a watcher" type by about 3:1 or more but the results don't seem to indicate the numbers are getting closer together with time. Jumpers continually surprise me.Guru312 I am not DB Cooper Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skymama 37 #40 January 24, 2005 I watch. I had to get allergy shots for 6 years when I was young so needles don't bother me at all. It does make me queasy to watch bloody scenes on tv shows though. Blech!She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites windcatcher 0 #41 January 24, 2005 I definitely like to watch a needle get inserted into my skin. In psych201 last yr. it was cool to learn about conditioning and how most people are just freaked out by the thought of a needle. It's cool to watch, because there's an anticipation beforehand but once it's over it's no biggie. Mother to the cutest little thing in the world... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Peej 0 #42 January 24, 2005 I watch. Advertisio Rodriguez / Sky Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites complexity 0 #43 January 25, 2005 Whenever i donate blood I always watch everything except the moments before they stick the needle in. I don't know why because i have donated so many times before so I KNOW its not really going to hurt. I might sound kind of weird, but does anyone kind of enjoy giving blood? I kind of like it for some reason... its kind of neat watching your blood fill a bag and knowing you are helping someone. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites kbordson 8 #44 January 25, 2005 Quote I might sound kind of weird, but does anyone kind of enjoy giving blood? I kind of like it for some reason... its kind of neat watching your blood fill a bag and knowing you are helping someone. I kinda feel proud when I can finish in under 5 minutes. Can't do it all the time, but if you get a good stick, and pump hard (wait.. that sounds kinda interesting....) Only got woozy once (of the 65 times so far), but that was while fasting and a "good" time of 4 1/2 min... had to sit back down for a sec. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites kelel01 1 #45 January 25, 2005 If I see blood when I'm giving blood, I very quickly become faint. But they won't let me close my eyes, and there's blood EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK at a blood drive, so I end up looking at the ceiling the whole time. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites freeflir29 0 #46 January 25, 2005 Quoteso I end up looking at the ceiling the whole time. Do what you do during sex. "Beige...........I think I'll paint the room Beige." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites moodyskydiver 0 #47 January 25, 2005 Yup I watch.I'd rather know whats going on than be surprised and make a bad move/surprised reaction if I dont know when it happens. For the most part, if the person on the poking end of the needle knows what they're doing, then I dont mind needles.I've had piercings and tattoos and all kinds of medical crap done.Hell, 2 days ago I had both knees aspirated and injected with cortisone (yuck) and I'm starting an injection therapy series that involves 5 injections into each knee over the next few weeks..I'll be very acquainted with needles by then. "...just an earthbound misfit, I." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Guest #48 January 25, 2005 When I donated, I liked to grab my arm, start panting, and roll my eyes up in my head. That always got a reaction, until they wised up. mh ."The mouse does not know life until it is in the mouth of the cat." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites wildcard451 0 #49 January 25, 2005 Watch or not, it doesn't matter to me anymore. I have veins like an oil pipeline, and you can put a 14 in the back of my hand. I have taught many people to start IVs on me, and will prolly let many more use me as a pincushion. I knew it REALLY doesn't phase me anymore after letting an LPN do her first stick on my hand while I was writing a post-op note. I only looked up to tell her to put more pressure on the catheter when I felt blood running down my hand. Oh well, makes me a good target for donating blood. For some reason they always wanna take 2 pints. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Darius11 12 #50 January 25, 2005 I watch. When I was a kid I hated getting shots. I mean I would runaway and brake stuff and the Dr. usually had my older brother or dad hold me down so they could give me a shot. Giving blood was never a big deal I have no idea why I was a afraid of getting shot but didn’t really care about someone sticking a needle in my arm and taking blood. I think I am just weird.I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not." - Kurt Cobain Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 1 2 3 Next Page 2 of 3 Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0
skymama 37 #40 January 24, 2005 I watch. I had to get allergy shots for 6 years when I was young so needles don't bother me at all. It does make me queasy to watch bloody scenes on tv shows though. Blech!She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
windcatcher 0 #41 January 24, 2005 I definitely like to watch a needle get inserted into my skin. In psych201 last yr. it was cool to learn about conditioning and how most people are just freaked out by the thought of a needle. It's cool to watch, because there's an anticipation beforehand but once it's over it's no biggie. Mother to the cutest little thing in the world... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peej 0 #42 January 24, 2005 I watch. Advertisio Rodriguez / Sky Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
complexity 0 #43 January 25, 2005 Whenever i donate blood I always watch everything except the moments before they stick the needle in. I don't know why because i have donated so many times before so I KNOW its not really going to hurt. I might sound kind of weird, but does anyone kind of enjoy giving blood? I kind of like it for some reason... its kind of neat watching your blood fill a bag and knowing you are helping someone. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kbordson 8 #44 January 25, 2005 Quote I might sound kind of weird, but does anyone kind of enjoy giving blood? I kind of like it for some reason... its kind of neat watching your blood fill a bag and knowing you are helping someone. I kinda feel proud when I can finish in under 5 minutes. Can't do it all the time, but if you get a good stick, and pump hard (wait.. that sounds kinda interesting....) Only got woozy once (of the 65 times so far), but that was while fasting and a "good" time of 4 1/2 min... had to sit back down for a sec. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelel01 1 #45 January 25, 2005 If I see blood when I'm giving blood, I very quickly become faint. But they won't let me close my eyes, and there's blood EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK at a blood drive, so I end up looking at the ceiling the whole time. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #46 January 25, 2005 Quoteso I end up looking at the ceiling the whole time. Do what you do during sex. "Beige...........I think I'll paint the room Beige." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
moodyskydiver 0 #47 January 25, 2005 Yup I watch.I'd rather know whats going on than be surprised and make a bad move/surprised reaction if I dont know when it happens. For the most part, if the person on the poking end of the needle knows what they're doing, then I dont mind needles.I've had piercings and tattoos and all kinds of medical crap done.Hell, 2 days ago I had both knees aspirated and injected with cortisone (yuck) and I'm starting an injection therapy series that involves 5 injections into each knee over the next few weeks..I'll be very acquainted with needles by then. "...just an earthbound misfit, I." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest #48 January 25, 2005 When I donated, I liked to grab my arm, start panting, and roll my eyes up in my head. That always got a reaction, until they wised up. mh ."The mouse does not know life until it is in the mouth of the cat." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildcard451 0 #49 January 25, 2005 Watch or not, it doesn't matter to me anymore. I have veins like an oil pipeline, and you can put a 14 in the back of my hand. I have taught many people to start IVs on me, and will prolly let many more use me as a pincushion. I knew it REALLY doesn't phase me anymore after letting an LPN do her first stick on my hand while I was writing a post-op note. I only looked up to tell her to put more pressure on the catheter when I felt blood running down my hand. Oh well, makes me a good target for donating blood. For some reason they always wanna take 2 pints. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Darius11 12 #50 January 25, 2005 I watch. When I was a kid I hated getting shots. I mean I would runaway and brake stuff and the Dr. usually had my older brother or dad hold me down so they could give me a shot. Giving blood was never a big deal I have no idea why I was a afraid of getting shot but didn’t really care about someone sticking a needle in my arm and taking blood. I think I am just weird.I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not." - Kurt Cobain Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
