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<blockquote data-quote="Robbity" data-source="post: 1423838" data-attributes="member: 93179"><p>I'm left handed and normally ask for my my blood to be taken from my right arm - which will always happily donate my blood without any problem. Last time for some reason we were going to use my left arm instead, and the nurse just could <em>not</em> get any blood out of it at all -my veins are actually much less visible and obviously quite unwilling to co-operate, so I suggested we just <span style="font-size: 15px">swapped </span>over to my right arm because that <em>would</em> work, and all went well. (Though I think she thought at first I was a bit nuts!)</p><p></p><p>She did ask if I was dehydrated - which I wasn't - I always drink enough to sink a ship anyway, it was just the wrong arm! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite69" alt=":wideyed:" title="Wide Eyed :wideyed:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":wideyed:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p>I have noticed though that some of the girls are much better at drawing blood than others: this last one left me with a whopping great bruise, but with some others I can never actually see that they've "stabbed" me....</p><p></p><p>Robbity</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Robbity, post: 1423838, member: 93179"] I'm left handed and normally ask for my my blood to be taken from my right arm - which will always happily donate my blood without any problem. Last time for some reason we were going to use my left arm instead, and the nurse just could [I]not[/I] get any blood out of it at all -my veins are actually much less visible and obviously quite unwilling to co-operate, so I suggested we just [SIZE=4]swapped [/SIZE]over to my right arm because that [I]would[/I] work, and all went well. (Though I think she thought at first I was a bit nuts!) She did ask if I was dehydrated - which I wasn't - I always drink enough to sink a ship anyway, it was just the wrong arm! :wideyed::D I have noticed though that some of the girls are much better at drawing blood than others: this last one left me with a whopping great bruise, but with some others I can never actually see that they've "stabbed" me.... Robbity [/QUOTE]
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