Are you afraid of needles?
 

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I'm use to them since I have blood tests every 3-6 months a year and I don't think it hurts at all it feels like a cat scratch which is nothing

Yes! I need a blood test tomorrow and i'm terrified! :bawling::dog:

not in my mouth in the slightest but i cant look elsewhere

:worry:

No not really.

Sharon, on the other hand...

Not really although I'm less ok with them since I had a bad blood test experience a few years ago

Depends where they stick it.

Not Luke using Ness's terror to create polls :nono:

I have a blood test too you know :nono:

:worry:

No, but they do make me nervous sometimes a little given my horrific experience in october where a ****ing consultant (cant even excuse it as a trainee) jabbed my arm at least 50 times trying to get a line in for morphine...no pressure applied after or anything. I swear my arm was like a swollen painful brick for a month. He threatened he would put it in my neck if my arms didn't cooperate soon (as if it was my fault he has broken all my damn veins!) then got someone else to try and they did it first time. Faily bastard.

No - But I'm terrified of Ventnor, Cowes and Ryde. :hee:

Generally no - but I had a pretty horrendous experience having one of my toenails removed. Local anaesthetic needle stabbed into tendon... horrendous. It also refused to take properly but I was so done with her poking needles into my foot, that I just said it was totally numb and let her rip the nail off without full anaesthetic :umm2:.

But for taking bloods / donating blood /etc. I have no issue with needles.

Not at all, I am a blood donor anyway so well used to needles.

In fact I would rather have injections than pills or medicines.

Used to, but not anymore.

They were much larger, longer and hurt a lot more before (even days after the shot). Nowadays they barely sting.

na stick um in me veins daily

The idea of needles is scarier than needles themselves

:joker:

i dont need no spoiler

Was just looking through old photos and discovered these like hours after posting on this thread about it. This is what I looked like after the consultant butchered my arm with his ****ing needle. These were taken 4 days later..they were actually much worse.

One of my biggest fears. I faint at even the mention of blood or needles. :(

I'm a fainter when it comes to needles. Can't look at the point either it makes me feel queasy

I always watch it going in idk why i do it but i have to watch it go in

It hurt :bawling:, but it wasn't as bad as I feared :laugh:

Funny, you have the same effect on me :hee:

Thanks Kyle

You OK Josy? You usually put me in my place with a witty comeback.

it was nice of him to be a bit artistic and add ink :laugh:

I think you must have needled her a bit Kyle. :hee:

Injection Day at school had me bawling :umm2:

I'm unwell today Kyle. I'll get you back when i'm feeling better :laugh:

I like tattoos and piercings too much to be scared of them.

No. Used to be when I was a kid like I think everyone is but got over it after I realised it's just a quick "pinch".

I've also had my lip, eyebrow, tongue and numerous places on my ears pierced with needles since AND I'm covered in tattoos so yeah I'm okay with them ha

I was the same until I had an incident compounded by incompetent staff. I had to give a lot but I'm guessing my BP was too low because I almost went into shock. I wasn't particularly nervous. I just got very hot and it felt like my internals were frying and like I was struggling and I just started panting?? The guy actually left the room I guess because he had an oh **** moment but husband went into work medic mode and helped me get breathing again. Freaked him out because it's he deals with at work dealing with some of the addicts who come into his unit to dry out/"recover"

I changed labs and I'm going to one that is much better staffed now and I haven't had a problem since. Though I'm prone to lowish BP so maybe I need to get a wrist monitor for the car to check before getting drawn. I'm more anxious now than I used to because of it but last time I went though went perfect, I wasn't stressed at all.

Otherwise I've never liked needles, but I've learned to deal with them.

:D yes it was

Nah never been a baby with needles.

I look forward to it. :laugh:

Hope you get better soon.

Was going to come back in here and make a joke about being afraid of needle dicks but Kyle may take offence :omgno:

I've missed you :laugh:

I want to hear this joke :oh: