Hi Louise, you are so brave, hang in there! This has to pass and you will recover. Just keep thinking that? I agree that needles are tiring. I am not having chemo so I can only imagine how many needles that would involve. But I reckon the sentinel node biopsy was really bad? - 5 needles in a circle around my nipple? I thought they were joking when they first told me that! Surely it is torture? It felt like torture anyway. Keep pleading with the nurses to be nice to you. That could just work. I had a blood test yesterday and the nurse was quite rough. My sister in law is a nurse and she said there are good and bad techniques. Chin up ! Lyn x