Guest guest Posted July 26, 2000 Report Share Posted July 26, 2000 In a message dated 7/26/00 11:31:41 AM Pacific Daylight Time, CMo6331945@... writes: << tell I'm sorry about the pain of blood drawing, I've been there and done that. When I was on Optifast, one of the times they drew blood, the underside of my arm turned almost black from my elbow to my armpit, needless to say I told them that the girl who drew it would never get the pleasure of doing mine ever again. I hope your approval comes through and God Speed to your baby!!!!! Cathy in Lenoir, NC Thanks, friend! See my tip in my prior post. Regards, Debbie in IL Daughter MGB 8/9 Cigna (3rd appeal)--BMI 45 Counting on Cigna for Debbie (BMI 40) First request denied 7/21 :0( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 26, 2000 Report Share Posted July 26, 2000 Hi Debbie, I'm so sorry (and you) had to go through all that to get her blood drawn. One time I had to have blood drawn, and I told the person doing it that sometimes people have problems finding my veins. She said that she had not had to stick a person more than once in several years. Guess what, I broke her record. She stuck me several times and finally sent me away to have lunch and come back later for more tries. She eventually got it, but it was very traumatic for me (and her too, I think, since I messed up her perfect streak.) Luckily with the last couple of blood tests I have had, there has been no problem finding a vein the first time. I hope you can have surgery with Chris. Good luck! Sara DebLaMan@... wrote: > Hi Friends, > Well, and I went to the doctor yesterday--actually made a day of it. > We both had our blood drawn, EKG's, she had her follow-up physical, and I had > the dreaded mammogram. Chris' bloodwork was the only difficult part of the > day. She has small veins that are difficult to find, so I always insist on a > phlebotomist. Well, when she is in the chair and I see one of our fav nurses > going to draw her blood, I asked where the phleb. was. Oh, she quit, she > tells me, I'm going to draw it. I told her my concerns and the problems > has had and she assured me all would be well. After looking for a vein > for about 5 full min. she started digging in her left arm for it. Then she > goes to the other arm and finally calls for help. Another nurse comes in and > she tries on the other side. I am freaking out now and they say they will > find one. I finally said no, stop, I will take her elsewhere. I told them > it wasn't their fault, and I wasn't mad, but that I wanted what was best for > my daughter. Since we have an HMO, she couldn't go downstairs with me while > I had my mam. Noooo, I had to go to a blood drawing station across town. > Thank God the lovely woman was very sympahtetic. had bruises on both > arms and she was just so wonderful with her. Within 2 min she was done and > apologized for how long it took! said, " It's okay, I spent 20 min at > the other place and they didn't even get anything. " I'm sure the whole > ordeal was worse for me than as she really didn't complain much. Wish > I could have traded veins with her, though--mine are always jabbed first > time, no prob. > > Thursday I go for my physical and the dreaded pap test. My doc's letter will > be ready by then so I will be mailing off my packet probably Friday. Things > are moving along, slowly (or so it seems) but surely. > > Regards, > Debbie in IL > Daughter MGB 8/9 Cigna (3rd appeal)--BMI 45 > Counting on Cigna for Debbie (BMI 40) First request denied 7/21 :0( > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 26, 2000 Report Share Posted July 26, 2000 In a message dated 7/26/00 5:00:02 PM Pacific Daylight Time, sumlinsr@... writes: << Hi Debbie, Sorry for the problem with chris's blood draw. I am also going to be sending my packet in friday. I don't have a date yet but hopefully pretty soon. I hope your approval comes in time for you to have the surgery while your in Durham. I enjoy reading your posts and we are all rooting for Chris! Marjory >> Hi Marjory, Thanks, sweetie. I'm still hoping for surgery that week, maybe the day after Chris. It would be awesome if you went that week. Regards, Debbie in IL Daughter MGB 8/9 Cigna (3rd appeal)--BMI 45 Counting on Cigna for Debbie (BMI 40) First request denied 7/21 :0( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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