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

[roseembolism.livejournal.com]

I used to be hysterical when drawing blood (kid), then I had to get used to shots when my teeth problems kicked in, and then I finally got to the point where I could get blood drawn fairly calmly, without feeling faint even.

What really helped was getting this one old nurse at Camino Medical who had probably been drawing blood since they first developed needles, if not blood. She came in with a bored expression, did the wipe, cuff, I'm waiting for her to stick me with the needles and- "done, take this up front".

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

I've had ONE person like that, too, in my entire life. She did a contrast injection for one of my MRI sessions. Amaaaaazing. For my cat's sake, I wish I could get that good some day.