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81. Yes, I just have freakishly low baseline bp, and tend to get a little squirrelly

Wed Jun 5, 2013, 08:05 AM

Jun 2013

when I see that blood bag and my blood going up that tube. Yeah, I'm a nurse and my friends and coworkers laugh me into next week about it, but I swear I can stick anybody else all day long, just DON'T STICK ME. Every single time, between my low bp (baseline is 90/60) and my getting grossed out at the sight of my blood in a bag and the needle (I try to look away....), it just doesn't work out. I decided that it was time to stop torturing the poor Red Cross folk after the last time (which was right after 9/11).

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anyone ever faint? [View all] DesertFlower Jun 2013 OP

Only when I was about 4 mos pregnant, why? peacebird Jun 2013 #1

Myself at six months when the idiot doctor gave me Lasix. First and last time. freshwest Jun 2013 #71

scary.... :( peacebird Jun 2013 #78

I almost did a couple of times... CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2013 #2

Only once, when I had a bad reaction to medication. NaturalHigh Jun 2013 #3

thank you. nt DesertFlower Jun 2013 #33

Post removed Post removed Jun 2013 #4

Pretty close but no......just quit Pravastatin recently and 3 days later got so dizzy... yourout Jun 2013 #5

Good grief, yes Warpy Jun 2013 #6

my mom died from low blood pressure and DesertFlower Jun 2013 #51

I know. I honestly think my renal function numbers Warpy Jun 2013 #64

9 times. It's why I don't donate blood any more. n/t Butterbean Jun 2013 #7

And 3 days with no food... kentuck Jun 2013 #14

D'oh! That left a mark. Butterbean Jun 2013 #18

Me too! Came too on the floor after giving a pint sammytko Jun 2013 #38

Same here LoveMyCali Jun 2013 #60

I don't donate because of allergies. I figure my blood's no good for anyone else. freshwest Jun 2013 #72

Yes, I just have freakishly low baseline bp, and tend to get a little squirrelly Butterbean Jun 2013 #81

I felt light headed, passed out, hit my head on a rock, seized NightWatcher Jun 2013 #8

no, but I have passed out, a few times! nt boston bean Jun 2013 #9

what's the diff? Liberal_in_LA Jun 2013 #27

Yes. Anemic, very hot day, exercising. Dr. Prescribed iron. Shrike47 Jun 2013 #10

Same with me, used to be severely anemic and it happened a few times Rhiannon12866 Jun 2013 #52

Yes, at a picnic with friends csziggy Jun 2013 #11

Yes, I have a condition called vaso vagel. broiles Jun 2013 #12

my friend's friend has that. DesertFlower Jun 2013 #17

Once. Unfortunately, I was playing a wedding reception at the time. bbernardini Jun 2013 #13

I have a syncope condition... Chan790 Jun 2013 #14

whoa!! Liberal_in_LA Jun 2013 #25

It's less of a big deal than people think. Chan790 Jun 2013 #30

I have syncope issues, too, but mine is from really really low blood pressure REP Jun 2013 #29

That's interesting. Chan790 Jun 2013 #34

I think I'm legally dead in several states ... REP Jun 2013 #41

DOC Martin--is that you????? nt MADem Jun 2013 #76

I love that show... Chan790 Jun 2013 #80

Really really close a few times MattBaggins Jun 2013 #16

I have fainted when I have had asthma attacks. hrmjustin Jun 2013 #19

Remember lady at Obama rally who passed out. Obama said you gotta eat something. Hoyt Jun 2013 #20

No. JaneyVee Jun 2013 #21

Yes. I watched an execution. nt msanthrope Jun 2013 #22

OMG. that must have been awful. DesertFlower Jun 2013 #36

It was very difficult to witness. nt msanthrope Jun 2013 #61

My sister fainted a number of times in high school, pnwmom Jun 2013 #91

The first time I watched a surgery, I felt the blood run to my feet. LeftInTX Jun 2013 #43

you brought back a memory. DesertFlower Jun 2013 #56

I once blew real hard on my thumb while watching a high school football game Kablooie Jun 2013 #23

a few times. If I get the flu really badly, I faint. Liberal_in_LA Jun 2013 #24

It runs in my family - at least among the women. Staph Jun 2013 #26

Once 20 years ago--the classic locked knees marions ghost Jun 2013 #28

Good to know about the locked knees. pnwmom Jun 2013 #92

Glad that helps to know marions ghost Jun 2013 #103

Yes -- it feels more natural to me pnwmom Jun 2013 #104

i think i fainted the other night. DesertFlower Jun 2013 #31

You need to see a doctor, DesertFlower. femmocrat Jun 2013 #35

i went to the doc today. saw the DesertFlower Jun 2013 #39

I'm so sorry, DesertFlower. femmocrat Jun 2013 #42

i love my cat so much and he loves me. DesertFlower Jun 2013 #47

DesertFlower... kentuck Jun 2013 #40

Yes, several times for different reasons. femmocrat Jun 2013 #32

Yes. Low blood sugar. a la izquierda Jun 2013 #37

Never LittleBlue Jun 2013 #44

I hope everything is OK with you LeftInTX Jun 2013 #45

i have a BP monitor and check my BP DesertFlower Jun 2013 #48

Not since I was a teenager Generic Brad Jun 2013 #46

church was the only time i came close DesertFlower Jun 2013 #49

Yes, a few times. But never for more than a few seconds. I hope you are going to be ok! *hugs* GreenPartyVoter Jun 2013 #50

thank you. nt DesertFlower Jun 2013 #55

No, but I've seen it happen a few times. bluedigger Jun 2013 #53

Twice ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jun 2013 #54

Once when I was pregnant. n/t cynatnite Jun 2013 #57

I fainted twice... SummerSnow Jun 2013 #58

When I was under 27 or so... due to not eating enough alittlelark Jun 2013 #59

I did. Was out drinking with some friends applegrove Jun 2013 #62

that's some story marions ghost Jun 2013 #82

Once when I was a kid Autumn Colors Jun 2013 #63

No, no one has ever fainted jberryhill Jun 2013 #65

oops guess I didn't faint olddots Jun 2013 #66

Being in Indiana is indistinguishable from blacking out jberryhill Jun 2013 #68

Yes, a few months ago. First time ever Populist_Prole Jun 2013 #67

Several times bhikkhu Jun 2013 #69

Often - done it all my life TorchTheWitch Jun 2013 #70

A few times for various reasons, but laundry_queen Jun 2013 #73

so sorry about your ex husband. i had an DesertFlower Jun 2013 #74

Yep, sitting on the toilet DiverDave Jun 2013 #75

Yes I have CountAllVotes Jun 2013 #77

Nope dipsydoodle Jun 2013 #79

Yeah, at the top of Pike's Peak when I was a kid. cbdo2007 Jun 2013 #83

Came really close once Puzzledtraveller Jun 2013 #84

As a young guy in a military parade in summer... Pelican Jun 2013 #85

I actually did once... AsahinaKimi Jun 2013 #86

I used to do it a lot when I was a kid AngryAmish Jun 2013 #87

Some guy KO'd me once... sibelian Jun 2013 #88

Yes. Several times when I was in my teens. nt Kahuna Jun 2013 #89

Once when I was pregnant and several low blood sugar incidents. Jennicut Jun 2013 #90

tb skin test-had a thing about needles dembotoz Jun 2013 #93

I passed out in formation once MrScorpio Jun 2013 #94

Happened to my best friend at Lackland Puzzledtraveller Jun 2013 #96

Yes. In a hospital when my sister came out of surgery. hamsterjill Jun 2013 #95

I was misdiagnosed, told I had arthritis in the right hip, Katashi_itto Jun 2013 #97

Yup. Vasovagal syncope issue. Javaman Jun 2013 #98

Yes Yo_Mama Jun 2013 #99

3 or 4 times when i was younger Spirochete Jun 2013 #100

I was sunbathing (was 5 months pregnant)..the phone rang SoCalDem Jun 2013 #101

Several times, the first time being, what I like to say is a madmom Jun 2013 #102

My daughter holds her breath til she passes out.... cbdo2007 Jun 2013 #105