Originally posted by Laura's Babies
I just had blood taken the other day.. Reckon I am a old hand at it, I watch them stick me and watch the blood fill the tubes. I find it facinating to watch. The have to use the butterfly needle on me, the big ones just make my vains roll and I tell them if I see them pull out the big ones that THAT won't work on me, they have to use the butterfly needle. One lab teck told me that after years of poking the same vains, they get scarred up and that is why the big needles make mine roll with the big needles.

My sister does the turning pale, getting dizzy and almost passing out stuff like you do. She is scared of needles, I am not.. Is that because I sew and she don't? Who knows!
My husband likes to watch it too.
Yeah, they had to use a butterfly needle on me too.
I'm not really afraid of needles, it's the blood. In high school I had several piercings and I have a tattoo, but only one of the piercings bothered me and that's because it was bleeding, and the tattoo hardly bothered me at all. Yesterday I told them I wasn't good with blood and I didn't watch, but I knew what they were doing and I could feel it so I had a hard time. Next time I'll ask if I can lay down while they do it.