And on a positive note

[cjsmith]

I got blood drawn today and I only got the FAINTEST of signs of being woozy, sweaty, dizzy, etc. Woohoo! I am counting that as a major success. (Not that I have the slightest clue what I did.)

If this trend continues, some day I'll be able to have blood drawn when I'm sitting up. :-)

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[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Oh wild. I've never had problems with the sight of blood. (If I did, I expect I'd have trouble with gory movies too! After all, it looks the same on screen... no? Or I imagine it would to me.) Nor have I ever had trouble with the pain; my arm isn't at all numb, but the tiny sting of a needle is *nothing*. I know from experience that I can take a lot more pain than that without getting any kind of shock-like reaction. I just don't know what it is about having blood drawn.

As I said in a previous response, I have idly wondered if a hypnotist could fix it. Hopefully it is fixing itself!! Yeahhhh!

[abz6598.livejournal.com]

So does this mean no body piercings for you?

As an aside, I thought you might find this interesting - I was chatting on AIM with someone the other day and was being very supportive about some problems they were having and they said "Thanks for the cjsmith-like comments".

;)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Oddly enough, both my piercings went fine, and I didn't have this reaction! Go figure. I had thought I'd be out cold in no time, but I had no problem with it. (Nipples. Left one's back to plain now because the piercing started migrating. Right one is still pierced. I like the contrast.)

Hee - I'm glad to know "cjsmith" is a synonym for supportive! :-) Must be someone who knew me. There couldn't be any other equally supportive cjsmith out there. Just not possible.