I HATE BLOOD TESTS
OK. I NEED TO VENT. Does anyone else dread the blood tests ? My veins are shot post chemo and it hurts :( I always seem to get the nurse at the path place who is hopeless and has difficulty getti...
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I don’t mind blood tests but my tolerance for trained staff who won’t/can’t acknowledge my veins are fugitive and fossick around with a needle is about zero now. One arm useable only and eight years on, hitting a vein successfully takes some basic skill. I had one unfortunate at my local pathology centre and I didn’t hint, I just politely indicated to the manager that I could not have that particular staff member again. And that was that. Just be firm!