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Geek Culture / I just had a blood test

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Sasuke
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Posted: 8th Oct 2008 13:44
Yeap, I just had a blood test, now I have 5 holes in my left arm, what the HELL!!! Not only that, they had to get 7, and I mean SEVEN samples of blood, what the HELL where they testing me for.

This is a joke... ok, my condition is unique in where the doctors (5) don't have a clue whats wrong with me but still, I'm not a human pincushion.

Anyone else had a bad experience at the doctors/clinic?

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Posted: 8th Oct 2008 13:59
The worst is when they go for arterial blood, that hurts everytime - at least with general blood tests it doesn't feel like they're drilling the stuff outta you .

I'm diabetic, so I have to test my own blood about twice a day - the treatment for diabetes is as depressing as the condition itself. Usually it's a case of finding a decent spot to put a hole in that doesn't already hurt from the last time. It is quite fun to play blood sugar roulette though, I reckon they should incorporate it into the tester hardware, might encourage people to test themselves more often.


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Posted: 8th Oct 2008 14:11 Edited at: 8th Oct 2008 14:15
Had that test already also, i've been through hundreds of tests worse than that, but still no clue to what I have.

I was actually going into the medical field, but due to this problem I had to drop it, to much a risk they said, now I've switched to games, funny how the world works.

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Posted: 8th Oct 2008 17:44
I donate blood every 2 months so I'm used to the fat needles that go deep into your arm. I would hate to have so many needle marks though...


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Posted: 8th Oct 2008 18:33
I'm currently sitting in the waiting room to donate plasma. 2 hours so far....

You know what needle really hurts? A spinal tap done wrong, twice. My back was bruised for a month.


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Posted: 8th Oct 2008 20:23
I had a bad time once, mainly because the person doing it was throwing it in like darts.


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Gil Galvanti
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Posted: 8th Oct 2008 20:35
I passed out last time I got my blood drawn, and now I have an irrational fear of needles and have to lay down everytime I get a shot or blood drawn .


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Posted: 8th Oct 2008 21:02
I have needle fobia

NeX the Fairly Fast Ferret
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Posted: 8th Oct 2008 21:13 Edited at: 8th Oct 2008 21:13
Not phobia? You're fine then. Six pints of blood, please.

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Sid Sinister
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Posted: 8th Oct 2008 21:15
Sasuke, my mom had a similar problem. No tests were coming back that showed anything. Finally, we went to an applied kinesiology office where they tested my mom using these really cool tests... and they found it!!!

http://www.cancer.org/docroot/ETO/content/ETO_5_3X_Applied_Kinesiology.asp

I recommend at least giving it a shot. There is no risk involved.

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Posted: 8th Oct 2008 22:21
I hate needles too, but I see 'em 4 times a day Diabetes you see.

@Van B it's a pain isnt it I got it when I was 13...

Think of them as annoying friends, they are annoying, but they are doing it for your benefit ...

I have blood tests every 3 months or so, they just tickle ...

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Posted: 9th Oct 2008 00:25
I guess I'm lucky in that I've never had to have any tests for anything out of the ordinary, never been to hospital (except for visiting people already in there) and never had an illness that's worth worrying about. I could get hit by a low flying aircraft tomorrow but so far so good. I suppose there's always that prostate exam if I've not had any other tests before then

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Posted: 9th Oct 2008 00:32
Me, I'm in and out of hospital. If hayfever hasn't clogged my system and triggered an asthma attack, humidity has triggered an asthma attack or flu/cold has triggered an asthma attack.

Strangely enough, I'm absolutely fine abroad.

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Posted: 9th Oct 2008 00:59
I basically shut down last time they stuck me with a needle. Couldn't see anything, all I could hear was a high-pitched wailing sound, entirely numb, really freaky. I haven't been back to the doctors since. Probably won't ever go again.

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I hate needles, I had to have 12 thick needles in my leg bone at the hospital once, not to mention having to leave 4 in over night, and thats only one of my trips to the hospital...

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Posted: 9th Oct 2008 01:08
For some reason shots don't hurt me at all.


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Gil Galvanti
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Posted: 9th Oct 2008 02:46
Quote: "For some reason shots don't hurt me at all."

It's not the pain that bothers me at all, they aren't any more painful than a little pinch a lot of times. It's just something psychological that you don't completely understand unless you have the phobia, like with most phobias.


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Posted: 9th Oct 2008 03:58
I remember when I had my op about 5 years ago, and they leave the needle thing in your arm for the IV drip, and when the nurse pulled it out it hurt instantly like you wouldn't believe. She wasn't too pleased either because blood went all over her tunic

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Quote: "I remember when I had my op about 5 years ago, and they leave the needle thing in your arm for the IV drip, and when the nurse pulled it out it hurt instantly like you wouldn't believe. She wasn't too pleased either because blood went all over her tunic
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I had an IV once, but I don't remember a thing. I passed out after like 5 minutes because I was dehydrated.


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Zaibatsu
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Posted: 9th Oct 2008 08:40
Quote: "Quote: "For some reason shots don't hurt me at all."
It's not the pain that bothers me at all, they aren't any more painful than a little pinch a lot of times. It's just something psychological that you don't completely understand unless you have the phobia, like with most phobias."


Exactly. The pain doesn't bother me at all.

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Posted: 9th Oct 2008 10:46 Edited at: 9th Oct 2008 10:47
I'm a diabetic too; got it at six...
I also lack some hormone whose name I couldn't possibly be expected to know in english - it is treated with levothyroxine; maybe you other diabetics know its name. Anyways, for that, they have been tapping me of four samples every half year or so to see whether the dose is correct (which it always have been. I guess that's good and all, but it is pretty annoying to have to do that in vain over and over).
Now, having become part of the adult diabetic care, the tests are even worse - eight samples are drawn out of my poor arm (always the right one too, just because im right-handed) which leaves it asore for several days and actually makes it too unpleasant to do certain things.
For some strange reason, I too have to actually fight to keep conscious while undertaking these tests (and luckily I've won every battle so far). I guess it is related to some specifically painful test in the past.

Also, a story:
When I were about seven, I had to do a blood test. Unfortunately, my doctor at the time weren't quite the best - a beardy guy who actually came drunk to work (can you believe that a doctor could do that?? Those must have been free times, indeed).
Anyways, he had nothing to constrain my arm with, so he decided to use his belt
Had to prick me a good five, six times before actually hitting a vein too...

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Posted: 9th Oct 2008 12:01
My friend said he got an injection, and he could feel it move around right next to the nerve. Ugh...

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Posted: 9th Oct 2008 22:12
I'm on the same track.
Months ago I did some blood tests 'cause I was not feeling well, and was losing weight.
Some "very smart" doctor suggested it could be some sort of leukemia; and of course the tests returned negative.
So I was diagnosed with CMV, and a mild form of hepatitis.
A month after that, I didn't get better, so I took some more blood tests. This time the tests showed some signs of toxoplasmosis.
I was medicated, but I'm still not felling better.
Thanks God the tests for HIV are also negative.
Next week I have to take some blood tests again, and this time I hope to meet Dr. House or something; it's getting silly not knowing what the hell I got.
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Dextro, I'm waiting for House too, so far still nothing, doctors/specialists don't know what I've got, the main problem is I have so many different symptoms nothing points to anything. 35+ symptoms over the course of 4 years.

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I can't read anymore of this thread. It's making me squirm.

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Squirm, that's nothing, ever had an absent seizure on an escalator, lets just say the end result wasn't pretty, also there are a lot more symptoms than 35 (70 something), I can only remember the names of 35 hence the "+". One of the worst was when I didn't know how I got to the end of college, so I couldn't remember anything before college ended, after that I began to hallucinate real things, so people that when't there, entire parts of the day, but I was fully aware. Of what I can remember, at one point I was in college starring out of a window, when I looked back I was sitting on a bus, this freaked me out cause I didn't know which was real or not. After awhile I figured I was still in college cause everything outside the bus was looping like trees or skies, some houses, it was like Deja Vu over and over, and the first three rows of the bus where the same people that sit in the first three rows of class, non of them take buses, they all drive.

This is the main problem, I've never had the same symptom twice always different or its always been there, those two example where the only symptoms that could be linked to the brain, every other symptom has been a sign of an autoimmune (basically the body is allergic to itself) disorder, but its very rare for an autoimmune disorder to stop (most autoimmune disorder can't be cured but can only be managed, Hives, Lupus etc..) then get a different one. Anyway i'm studying allergies (mainly autoimmune disorders) at the moment, even though i'm not pursuing my first goal of becoming a doctor (not sure which field I wanted to specialize in, and I can't with what ever I have) I still study. Don't worry i'm not going to self-diagnose myself, just always had an keen interest if you know what I mean.

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Dr. House, lol.

Sasuke: Man, you be trippin ballz. Sounds scary, but kind of fun. It would make for a good thriller book or movie. I'd just hate to be the main character... sorry that you have to go through all of this.

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Posted: 10th Oct 2008 09:04
Males who have needle phobias over the age of 13 are wimps, for lack of a better descriptor. Honestly, what has caused the world to have an increased sensitivity to things like spiders and needles? Get a thick skin!


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Quote: "what has caused the world to have an increased sensitivity to things like spiders and needles? Get a thick skin!"

It seems as most kids are scared of needles (I wasn't, but most of my friends seemingly were) and I can only guess that that sort of fear carried on into adult life.


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Quote: "Males who have needle phobias over the age of 13 are wimps, for lack of a better descriptor. Honestly, what has caused the world to have an increased sensitivity to things like spiders and needles? Get a thick skin!"

It's not that though, it's as real a phobia as claustrophobia or acrophobia. It has nothing to do with how much of a "wimp" you are, it's just an involuntary psychological reaction.

"According to Dr. James Hamilton, author of the pioneering paper on needle phobia, it is likely that the form of needle phobia that is genetic has some basis in evolution, given that thousands of years ago humans who meticulously avoided stab wounds and other incidences of pierced flesh would have a greater chance of survival."


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Quote: "It's not that though, it's as real a phobia as claustrophobia or acrophobia. It has nothing to do with how much of a "wimp" you are, it's just an involuntary psychological reaction."


The percentage of people here who have a real medical needle phobia--- would be so small and I can accept that. By the amount of people frightened of needles in this thread I highly doubt it's anything but wimpy


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Quote: "The percentage of people here who have a real medical needle phobia--- would be so small and I can accept that. By the amount of people frightened of needles in this thread I highly doubt it's anything but wimpy "

Actually it's not that small, apparently 10% of people have it, obviously different degrees within that, but that's still quite a bit.


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Quote: "Males who have needle phobias over the age of 13 are wimps, for lack of a better descriptor. Honestly, what has caused the world to have an increased sensitivity to things like spiders and needles? Get a thick skin!"


I let live scorpions crawl on my arm, I just don't do needles.

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When I got my first needle, I was about 4-5 YO. I seriously went completely hysterical.

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@Jeku: I don't know if you got the impression that I'm one of "the lots of people here claiming to be afraid of needles". That's not the case anyways, as I have close encounters with them four times a day

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Needles don't really get me, I mean its not pleasant having it stuck in you, but the gas that makes you drowsy has always gotten me(I think I've needed it twice). But the first time, I actually just took the mask thing that gives you the gas off and started waving it in the doctors face(I was 4 or 5 at the time).
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pfff... get over it WIMPS.. lol j/k

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I too hate heights. It's not the fall that scares me, it's the sudden stop at the bottom...

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I can remember my first jag, at the dentist. It was one of those painless 9 inch injections that go through the gums. The things actually solid, and it stays there then dissolves naturally after a while. A week or so later I went to hospital, where the gassed me then took out five teeth (tooth fairy wasn't pleased).

At the moment I have no fear at all of needles, I just don't like the dentisits (wioth their tools and mirrors and urgh....)
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Actually I take what I said above back. I have had one needle that made my eyes water. They had to numb my whole mouth so they could pull two teeth for my braces. They stuck two needles in the top of my mouth. It hurt like Hell!


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About 3 years ago so did i get very ill and the doctors couldt find wath was wrong.
As i also turned yellow in eyes and skin
after half a year of constant blood tests and checkups so did finally a doctor find the problem
As i had huge amounts of kidney stones and blader stones that made bile getting in to the blood stream.
So the liver coult handle to clean the blood alright.
I didt have large stones but one hell of a amount of them.
And gil i also passed out once when they was taking some blood from me
But it was that my blood sugar was really low as i wasent allowed to eat for over 8 hours before and in the morning.
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I'm not scared of needles. I just don't like being poked. I'd take a needle though without whining. I'd probably laugh my way through it making jokes. It's what I do when I'm nervous..

Haven't had a shot btw for about... 15 years. Don't believe in 'em. I actually have a cousin who is allergic to something in the flu vaccine. He actually could potentially die if he were forced to take it.

Don't trust 'em knowing that. Some vaccines are also linked to SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome) and Autism, but you don't hear about that stuff, of course.

I should clarify, however, that there's nothing wrong with blood drawing or things like that. It's some of the vaccines that are no good.

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Quote: "Haven't had a shot btw for about... 15 years. Don't believe in 'em. I actually have a cousin who is allergic to something in the flu vaccine. He actually could potentially die if he were forced to take it.

Don't trust 'em knowing that. Some vaccines are also linked to SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome) and Autism, but you don't hear about that stuff, of course. "

Yes, but what's worse, the exceptionally rare case of a child dying from a vaccine, or millions of children dying from polio or some other disease?


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I wouldn't get within a mile of those flu shots they give in the US, full of mercury.

Any sane person wouldn't let mercury (any amount) into their system. No doubt they're linked to autism as mercury eats your brain. I'm sick of hearing child after child become autistic after taking the shot and people still continue with it like they're oblivious to what caused it. For the love of [insert deity/ies of choice], stop the madness.

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I haven't had a flu shot in years. Once I figured out that the only reason I WAS getting the flu was because of them, I decided to take a natural/holistic approach and it has worked wonders. No more flu shots, no more flu.

Except I did get a nasty strain of it last year. I woke up with such a high fever at one point I was hallucinating that there was a black hole that was doubling in size every second and was devouring the earth and the universe, and somehow this was my fault. It was actually very scary, no joke. I can remember crawling into the shower and blasting myself with cold water. After I got out, I didn't dry off and I sat in front of a box fan for 10 minutes to dissipate any heat left on me. I snapped out of the hallucination and slept for 12 hours. It was rough

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I once had all my blood removed, now that hurt!
I did have an arterial blood test once that hurt like a bi...g dog

Quote: "my condition is unique in where the doctors (5) don't have a clue whats wrong with me"

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Funny I just had my flu shot yesterday...

Quote: "I wouldn't get within a mile of those flu shots they give in the US, full of mercury."


I'm not challenging you, but do you have evidence of that? I'd just like to see it.
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I'm gonna have to force myself to bring up the BCG jab, as we never had them at the school and was meant to arrange it with my doctor about a year ago. Atleast no-one will be punching it afterwards.



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About the fear of spiders; did you know that every year the average American eats 8 spiders in their sleep (by accident obviously)?

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Wow - that's quite warm hearted of you.


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Quote: "About the fear of spiders; did you know that every year the average American eats 8 spiders in their sleep (by accident obviously)?"


That's actually an urban legend.

http://www.snopes.com/science/stats/spiders.asp


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