Comments on: Another day, another blood test https://zentastic.me/blog/2010/04/20/another-day-another-blood-test-2/ I can scarcely move or draw my breath // Let me, let me freeze again to death Wed, 06 Jan 2016 03:58:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Elizabeth https://zentastic.me/blog/2010/04/20/another-day-another-blood-test-2/comment-page-1/#comment-11351 Elizabeth Fri, 23 Apr 2010 13:18:32 +0000 https://zentastic.me/blog/?p=9058#comment-11351 Off topic ’cause you know on the health issue I’m often sending you interesting at least ideas, this is purely a social commentary…

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Why was it pertinent to add that this is a tattooed Father, hrm? Oh and yay for him, seriously!!!

]]> By: Elee Jones https://zentastic.me/blog/2010/04/20/another-day-another-blood-test-2/comment-page-1/#comment-11336 Elee Jones Thu, 22 Apr 2010 23:49:46 +0000 https://zentastic.me/blog/?p=9058#comment-11336 Thank you for talking about your condition and sharing your thoughts and feelings.²

Hope you good news of their examinations
and that their pain decreased.

Hugs

]]> By: starbadger https://zentastic.me/blog/2010/04/20/another-day-another-blood-test-2/comment-page-1/#comment-11326 starbadger Thu, 22 Apr 2010 05:11:39 +0000 https://zentastic.me/blog/?p=9058#comment-11326 Thank you for talking about your condition and sharing your thoughts and feelings.

]]> By: Uraniumhobo https://zentastic.me/blog/2010/04/20/another-day-another-blood-test-2/comment-page-1/#comment-11317 Uraniumhobo Wed, 21 Apr 2010 16:38:49 +0000 https://zentastic.me/blog/?p=9058#comment-11317 i know how you feel shannon althouh it sucks just as much when you know what you have, seen what it does (my sister died from the same disease i have 6 months ago and she was only 2 years older than me) and theres nothing they can do till my kidneys shut down, and if i reject one transplant ill never be able to get any kind of transplant after that

]]> By: Robyn https://zentastic.me/blog/2010/04/20/another-day-another-blood-test-2/comment-page-1/#comment-11311 Robyn Wed, 21 Apr 2010 07:34:00 +0000 https://zentastic.me/blog/?p=9058#comment-11311 Yea, after years of being on there asses about it my doctors know now that I won’t let them come near me with a needle unless they have gloves on.

Beyond the obvious safety reasons they should wear gloves, the big thing that bothers me, (having dated a piercer in the past,) is that he could lose his job for not wearing gloves with one client piercing. While doctors and nurses put needles into how many people in a single day without any reprocussions? Makes me SO angry!

]]> By: Moo https://zentastic.me/blog/2010/04/20/another-day-another-blood-test-2/comment-page-1/#comment-11308 Moo Wed, 21 Apr 2010 03:07:34 +0000 https://zentastic.me/blog/?p=9058#comment-11308 Oh yeah, the mentality that is preached to health care workers is the use of gloves is to protect the worker, versus the patient. A lot of phlebotomists/nurses/doctors feel that the gloves impact their ability to good non-valvy veins, especially in the antecubetal fossa. You will find that a lot of people who have been around the block won’t use gloves consistently. In addition, those gloves are hell to get on and off when your hands are wet, the powder leaves a gross film on your hands, the gloves are hot and uncomfortable.

Personally, I would much rather struggle with getting a good poke than potentially be exposed to Hep B/C or HIV. Just my two cents.

]]> By: Moo https://zentastic.me/blog/2010/04/20/another-day-another-blood-test-2/comment-page-1/#comment-11307 Moo Wed, 21 Apr 2010 03:03:07 +0000 https://zentastic.me/blog/?p=9058#comment-11307 To add to your syringe versus vacutainer with kidlets: the vacutainers are a negative vacuum with x amount of pressure required to fill the tube to x volume. The little tubes are either 3 or 4mls with the larger tubes generally being 7ml. With little people, their veins are smaller and more elastic than we older folks, so they are more prone to collapsing with the higher pressure of the vacuum tubes. If the vein collapses, you risk having to poke the kidlet again, or blowing the vein completely when the needle perfs the vein. Vacutainers can be used with butterflies with a special adapter, and often are with people who are older or having poor venous access, as the normal needles can blow the veins more easily.

Hope they can figure out what’s going on. Autoimmune disorders can be totally scary and unpredictable. It sucks.

]]> By: Shannon https://zentastic.me/blog/2010/04/20/another-day-another-blood-test-2/comment-page-1/#comment-11302 Shannon Wed, 21 Apr 2010 00:49:26 +0000 https://zentastic.me/blog/?p=9058#comment-11302 It’s awful — doctors here live in fear of losing their license if they try and relieve their patients pain.

]]> By: roser https://zentastic.me/blog/2010/04/20/another-day-another-blood-test-2/comment-page-1/#comment-11301 roser Wed, 21 Apr 2010 00:12:40 +0000 https://zentastic.me/blog/?p=9058#comment-11301 I was denied pain medication when I had a tooth abscess. It was extremely painful, and I was losing it. I was up north so access to health care was limited. The lack of proper pain management care and compassion is really sickening sometimes.

]]> By: Shannon https://zentastic.me/blog/2010/04/20/another-day-another-blood-test-2/comment-page-1/#comment-11299 Shannon Tue, 20 Apr 2010 22:46:31 +0000 https://zentastic.me/blog/?p=9058#comment-11299 Ah yeah, that makes sense… I thought it might also have to do with stuffing less hardware so obviously into the arm, but it’s probably as simple as gauge alone.

]]> By: Amanda https://zentastic.me/blog/2010/04/20/another-day-another-blood-test-2/comment-page-1/#comment-11297 Amanda Tue, 20 Apr 2010 20:40:34 +0000 https://zentastic.me/blog/?p=9058#comment-11297 The reason they took blood into a syringe and then into a collection tube is because they’re used a butterfly needle on you. I imagine butterfly needles are standard in a pediatric hospital since their needles gauge is smaller than regular ones used, a must for kids obviously, to avoid bruising and such.

]]> By: Shannon https://zentastic.me/blog/2010/04/20/another-day-another-blood-test-2/comment-page-1/#comment-11293 Shannon Tue, 20 Apr 2010 19:55:47 +0000 https://zentastic.me/blog/?p=9058#comment-11293 Barring something highly unexpected, it’s a form of muscular dystrophy. Right now they’re just working out the specifics.

]]> By: Gillian https://zentastic.me/blog/2010/04/20/another-day-another-blood-test-2/comment-page-1/#comment-11292 Gillian Tue, 20 Apr 2010 19:35:49 +0000 https://zentastic.me/blog/?p=9058#comment-11292 Do you/they know what is wrong with you, like how to classify it?

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