Reply #21: Oh, Mine Was Better Than That

[iamjoy]

I mean, the staff was around, it was fine

But, maybe it was the less senior staff. This one nurse had to draw my blood, and she was drawing it from both my arm and my port. And she made such a big deal of taking it from my arm. She had this super bright light on, almost like she was going to do surgery! And she spent what seemed like several minutes studying my arm looking for the right place. I've become a hard stick 'cos of the chemo and all, but not that hard a stick. Meanwhile, I, who don't usually get squeamish about needles per se (pain yes, needles, no) was starting to get really, really anxious. It's like just draw the damn blood already!