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Yearly blood work
#8688389
09/15/22 08:15 PM
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spacejunkie
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Sux’s. They had to stick me so many times to get it that I may be leaking who knows what.
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Re: Yearly blood work
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#8688394
09/15/22 08:30 PM
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Texan Til I Die
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Bad veins? Dehydrated? Why couldn't they get everything with one stick and just keep changing collection tubes?
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Re: Yearly blood work
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#8688398
09/15/22 08:42 PM
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Davis300
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Darn, that sucks. I give a pint every 60 days and blood work monthly it feels like. Veins are trashed from all the sticks. They always have to move the needle constantly to continue the release. I leave there bruised and sore for days.
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Re: Yearly blood work
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#8688410
09/15/22 09:07 PM
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lost again
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I’ve been having blood work done once a year for the last ten years there’s definitely an art to it. There’s not much worse than a tech that sticks you then starts moving the needle around to find the vein.
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Re: Yearly blood work
[Re: Texan Til I Die]
#8688422
09/15/22 09:32 PM
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reeltexan
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Bad veins? Dehydrated? Why couldn't they get everything with one stick and just keep changing collection tubes? the nurse that always does mine hits the mark every time. I'm outta there in one minute.
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Re: Yearly blood work
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#8688466
09/15/22 10:28 PM
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don k
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Re: Yearly blood work
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#8688863
09/16/22 12:52 PM
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Jimbo1
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Have them draw it off the top of your hand. A smaller needle so a little slower but the veins are right there. I have deep rolling veins in my arms so the hand is where they’ve done it for the last 10-12 years.
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Re: Yearly blood work
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#8688871
09/16/22 12:58 PM
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nak
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Are you fasting for the blood draw? If so, you may borderline dehydrated. Ask the lab how long you are supposed to be fasting for, then be sure you tank up on WATER at that mark.
An extra trip to piss at night beats them digging in my arm for 5 min, but YMMV
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