Medical morning

[cjsmith]

This morning's agenda kept me hopping:

- Blood draw for Lyme disease test
- Doctor appointment with my GP, which earned me...
- Blood draw for vitamin D levels and a very detailed cholesterol panel

And guess what I did? Am I doing better or WHAT?

I

WATCHED.

A half hour later my blood pressure was still a touch lower than expected, so yeah, there are effects, but overall I'm getting so much better about needles and suchlike. (I do, however, have a new bruise inside each elbow.)

Comments

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's impressive. It must be handy not to be squeamish. I used to need ten- or twenty-minute recovery periods, much of the time spent lying down with the world looking awfully gray, before I could go on with my day after a blood draw. I'm so glad it's improving.

[jupiter29.livejournal.com]

I'm glad it's improving for you too. Although now I have no excuse to offer to hold your hand or hug you when you have to have your blood drawn. :(

Not that it ever works, but I am not the least bit above playing the sensitive card while flirting. :)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

May as well play all the cards you've got! :)

[jupiter29.livejournal.com]

Exactly! So, now that you have time to experience any post-traumatic stress that might have occurred, would you like me to hold your hand? :)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Hee! Sadly, I don't need handholding nearly so much as I need lunch. :)

[jupiter29.livejournal.com]

Bummer. This is why I never flirt. :(

But go get yourself a good lunch. :)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

You keep choosing women who are more hungry than horny? :)

I ate a good lunch and I'm hungry again. This is crazy. I wonder if I do something weird to myself when I get blood drawn -- dump all my glycogen store, have an adrenaline spike, something.

[jupiter29.livejournal.com]

That's possible. I somehow doubt it is entirely the women's fault that I don't flirt well, but it definitely would spare my self-esteem to believe that is true. :)