 |
|
09-03-2008, 12:05 PM
|
#1
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Odenton, MD
Posts: 1,639
|
Blood donation mishap
|
|
Well that sounds more exciting than it really was... there was no arterial spray or anything like that. Just my crappy veins and the phlebotomist that was determined to get me to bleed properly, so much so that he felt the need to dig around inside my arm when he missed hitting the vein the first 2 times. 
This is the next day:
Ths is today (one week later):
Donating blood is important to me, it just sucks a$$ that I was cursed with veins that they have trouble finding. 
|
|
|
|
09-03-2008, 12:11 PM
|
#2
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Portland, OR, Oregon
Posts: 6,463
|
Is this the new "I ran into a door" excuse? "I was donating blood and he couldn't hit the vein" 
I do feel your pain. Lately I've had more pricks in me than soperbrew on 2-for-1 night when the navy ships come in.
__________________
There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
|
|
|
|
|
09-03-2008, 12:41 PM
|
#3
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Odenton, MD
Posts: 1,639
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by EvilTOJ
I do feel your pain. Lately I've had more pricks in me than soperbrew on 2-for-1 night when the navy ships come in.
|
LOL! That sounds uncomfortable (for both of you!).  |
|
|
|
|
09-03-2008, 12:52 PM
|
#4
|
|
10th-Level Beer Nerd
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Adams, MA
Posts: 18,893
|
OK, now I've got to double-up on my EvilTOJ quotes in my sig...
__________________
Come join Yankee Ingenuity!
"I'm kind of toasted. But I looked at my watch and it's only 6:30 so I can't stop drinking yet." - Yooper's Bob
|
|
|
|
|
09-03-2008, 12:54 PM
|
#5
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Fallston, MD
Posts: 2,017
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by jmulligan
Donating blood is important to me, it just sucks a$$ that I was cursed with veins that they have trouble finding.
|
Unfortunately they have to have a big one for donating blood (so it doesn't hemolyze the blood and flows faster). Kudos to you for doing it though, especially with small veins.
Sometimes phlebotomists/nurses/paramedics forget to tell you to hold firm, direct pressure on it for a while afterward and that's what happens. Sorry it happened to ya. I heard there's some kind of minerals in homebrew that'll help the healing process---at least that would be my excuse . |
|
|
|
|
09-03-2008, 01:02 PM
|
#6
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Limerick, Ireland
Posts: 1,041
|
They give you Guinness over here after giving blood... Full of iron 
My sister always bruises after giving blood, I've got good veins and usually don't have a problem.
__________________
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Me
In the process of buying a bar... One drink at a time...
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by chortly
...homebrew contains more satisfactrons per serving, so you don't have to drink as much as you would a commercial beer to get to your satisfactron saturation.
|
|
|
|
|
|
09-03-2008, 01:17 PM
|
#7
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: South Florida
Posts: 1,360
|
My wife's hand/arm looked like a freakin plum when she was getting IV's before the baby was born. They sent an "experienced" nurse in AFTER she was pricked 5 times on the top of her hand, later to have the IV in her arm. Hospitals Suck!
__________________
Primary: Nothing
Secondary: DFH Punkin Ale
Bottled/Conditioning: Cigar City Jai Alai IPA Clone, Apple Jack 1.0, Apple Jack 2.0
Drinking: Yakima Blonde (Imperialized), Banana Wheat, Russian Imperial Stout, and anything i can get my hands on
On Deck: Watermelon Wheat, Red Panda Ale, Gluten Free Brown Ale, Mojito IPA, Smoked Pepper Stout
|
|
|
|
|
09-03-2008, 01:36 PM
|
#8
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Portland, OR, Oregon
Posts: 6,463
|
 Ohhh that's it, the_bird, I'm writing you out of the will!!!
__________________
There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
|
|
|
|
|
09-03-2008, 01:37 PM
|
#9
|
|
10th-Level Beer Nerd
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Adams, MA
Posts: 18,893
|
P'shaw... your ex-wife got all your crap anyway, didn't she?
__________________
Come join Yankee Ingenuity!
"I'm kind of toasted. But I looked at my watch and it's only 6:30 so I can't stop drinking yet." - Yooper's Bob
|
|
|
|
|
09-03-2008, 01:46 PM
|
#10
|
|
Cranky Old Guy
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Willamina & Oak Grove, Oregon, USA
Posts: 24,799
|
I had a few draws go like that, but I had to stop donating a couple decades ago. Almost made my gallon pin, but chronic problems with low iron levels prevent further donations.
__________________
Remember one unassailable statistic, as explained by the late, great George Carlin: "Just think of how stupid the average person is, and then realize half of them are even stupider!"
|
|
|
|
| Thread Tools |
|
|
| Display Modes |
 Linear Mode
|
|
|
