Blood tests!, Do you watch the needle go in? Options

[Laughsalot]

i can't look. i really realyl hate needles. i used to think it was normal when i was a kid. i used to get shots all the time cuz i traveled ALOT out of the country with my mom. but then as i got older i have to spend time in school and once in awhile i get shots when i go to some thirdworld country or something and i hate it. i just keep thinking that there's a bubble of air in the tube and then when they give me the shot the air bubble will get in my blood stream and kill me. i know sounds crazy. just thinking about shots gives me phantom pains or something.

[tailoredtrouble]

hahha i love it! (is that weird?) it's cool because they put the little tube thingy on the end, and it spurts into it.. tehhe cool XD and i got tested for a buncha that stuff. but turns out my blood was fine and i just have weird chemical imbalance in my brain. mono test hurts a gajillion times worse than normal test, though.. yowch. in the finger.

[Detective]

I'm the type of person that needs someone to hold my hand. I couldn't be able to see all that going on, Just too painful.

[falsetigerlimbs]

I love watching the needle go in and the blood rushing into the tube. :D
(not even being sarcastic, lol)

[foxx]

I have someone hold my hand, and i say i don't want to watch it going in, but i usually do anyways, not usually on purpose, my eyes wander T__T

[michelina0kudelk...]

Haha I don't watch, I had my first blood test in recent memory about a week ago, annnd I'm a fainter, it's not like blood freaks me out or anything, I want to be a vet, I watch blood get taken from animals and surgery all the time at work, I'm just a fainter, for other things too... like fumes, mentrual cramps... I am a freakin mess haha

[*yrrnotelekktric*]

So I had my umpteenth blood test today to check for anaemia and fatigue syndome...ah what a sickly moderator I am.

Anyway, I've heard that there are two types of people. Those that can watch the needle puncture their skin; and those that can't.

Personally, I love watching the needle go in and the blood spurt; but my boyfriend near passes out if he tries it. What are you guys like?

LOL.

i also watch it as it goes in and comes out.

[ForgiveTheSinner]

I've been drawing blood every month for 3 years and I still can't watch the needle or my own blood.

Makes me sick but I'm fine with other people getting blood drawn.

[JokeInsideJoke]

I cant i would throw up. it sucked when i was in the hospital for 5 days they gave me 16 of those IV bags...... but whatever they hurt

[freeflow]

I can't watch, I tried too but I turned my head right before it went in.

[LoveToMySilas]

I usually watch to make sure they don't miss the vein, and then I look away and shut my eyeballs!

[DoubleJ]

Of course I do, I want to make sure that they are doing it right.

[TheWinterBones]

I've had to have my blood taken regularly for the past few years.

I've never gotten used to having blood tests until recently, and I still can't watch. I don't react too kindly to having the blood sucked out of me. I scream like you would never believe. Nurses have to pin me down.

I'm a little calmer these days.

[jackizzle]

I watch.

[mytangerine]

i love them.

[fosheezy]

i watch.
it looks cool when the blood rushes into the thing.
HAHAHAHA. that sounds WEIRD.
ahem, but yeah.

[shoryuken]

me watch n lick da blood.. MmMM yumm b$tch...

[illriginal]

I don't mind having needles poke my vein. I noticed that if you "try" to feel the needle, it's gonna hurt. But if you just ignore the existence of pain, you can actually watch it (almost like slow motion) without fearing pain. I like to watch because it amazes me how fast blood pours right into the vile lol

[Sprague]

I also look away >< I recently had a blood test done for my psychiatrist, and my mom had to hold my head the other direction so I didn't see the needle penetrate the skin, though I did feel it everytime a tube was taken out and another one was put in in its place.

Afterwards, I stared at the blood in the tubes while I got unbelievably light headed and dizzy... and eventually I fainted, lol.

[shaunxx]

I like to watch because it amazes me how fast blood pours right into the vile lol

i actually do that too!


i dont think about the pain or the needle. so perhaps its all in the mind, so dont let it overcome you!

[Teesa]

a long time ago, i used to think that i could watch with no problem. boy, was i wrong :/ my heart starts racing really badly and my palms get all sweaty and i just feel really nauseous.

[eeonz]

I'm not too good with blood tests. Had one done on thursday and saw it go in, but wish i hadn't to be honest.

[laurellesions]

i don't try to watch the needle go in. sometimes i do, sometimes i don't. i don't really think about it. but i always watch after they take it out.

i've had so many blood tests that i'm incredibly used to it.

=P

[Glamourouz]

Nope; I hate needles; I always look away

[Luna5]

I don't. I close my eyes and then they ask me if I'm ok. LOL!