Blood work.....such a fun filled little experience.
As the doctors are trying to find a happy medium with my medication and blood levels, I get to become a human pin cushion with my hands taking quite the beating every few days.
After the hospital, I was left with multiple bruises on my hands because that is the only place they can take blood or put in the IV lines. Unfortunately for me, my veins absolutely suck and I have several bruises covering my wrist and hands to a point where I was making jokes with the nurses that some may think I got in a fight and/or was a junkie. To which neither story is true, but that's something I would hope the people reading this would know.
Yesterday, I went to get more blood drawn and the guy had to try both of my hands because the first attempt didn't produce any results. Lucky me right? Instead, I had a very interesting discussion with the blood draw guy for ways to make the whole giving blood samples easier for me. I don't know if it's actually going to work.....I have terrible veins thanks to Mom, but I am willing to try anything because I have so few options for them to work with.
You know it's bad when the people at the blood drawing place knows your face and knows that you can't get blood drawn from the veins in your elbows (not really your elbows but still.....).
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