The skin is a huge part of your immune system. I had a picc line in me that got pulled out twice. That was a big deal that could have been my death.
But let the Darwin award contest continue.
Ouch!
Do you mind my asking, but did it get pulled out by accident, or was it pulled out intentionally because it had gone wrong and they had to make it right?
No, they just had a tangled mess that got pulled as I moved in my sleep. Blood everywhere and only certain nurses were qualified to even work on it. Each times they had to send me 100 miles to get a new one inserted, I was an expert by the third time. The Dr. even said most people were unaware of details that I mentioned during the procedure.
The funny thing was by this time I didn’t have the strength to move much, asleep or awake. That was not a fun year,
Having reached an age where I get quite enough needle pokes out of medical necessity, I have zero appetite for subjecting myself to thousands more purely for recreation.
But Dick, they’re running a special on dismembership this week!
I just can’t understand why an otherwise beautiful girl would get some gaudy tattoo? Are they trying to show on the outside what’s on the inside?
That’s certainly a pet peeve of mine: girls with tattoos. The “tramp stamp” is enough of a turnoff, but the whole sleeve thing is just disgusting. Kind of like a boob job, which my ex wife got despite my saying she didn’t need one. That was the end of any desire I had for her, and ultimately the end of our marriage.
Some women look really nice with tattoos that compliment their looks. Other women go for skulls and things that detract from their looks. And guys? They tend not to put in as much thought. About 95% of tattoos look pretty stupid though.
Then there’s the “otherwise beautiful girl” with so many facial piercings that she looks like she fell face first into a tackle box.
Mr. Eagelson:
Are you a “hard stick”? Then try wearing a coat or a jacket before going in for the blood draw.
Why just yesterday, I just went to the blood-draw clinic in short sleeves and I needed a second poke. But before the second poke I asked for a warming pack (they use these camping supply hand warmers) and that one went OK.
Only the best can get blood from my arm (I’m an expert.) Usually they go for the back of my hand.
My advice is to trying going in with your arm warm.
Especially if you go in for “that” cancer screening procedure that requires an IV line for sedation, you come to this nauseous yet starved and especially dehydrated from the awful fluid you were drinking during the prior 12-24 hours, and you are cold from sitting there in that skimpy gown. If they offer you warming blankets or warming packs, I learned the lesson to not decline them. It’s not for your comfort, it is for finding a vein.
Good tip. I always drink plenty of water before, but haven’t noticed it helping much. Usually it just depends on the skill of the technician.
I don’t worry about tattoos. The youth of the future will come up with something more bizarre to weird us out.
Mad Magazine had a cartoon strip predicting that the children of hippies will rebel by being straight-laced “squares.” This prophecy seemed Mad-Magazine goofy back in the late 60’s when that was published, but by the ’80’s, Michael J Fox’s Alex character was a current-day cultural observation.
The skin is a huge part of your immune system. I had a picc line in me that got pulled out twice. That was a big deal that could have been my death.
But let the Darwin award contest continue.
Ouch!
Do you mind my asking, but did it get pulled out by accident, or was it pulled out intentionally because it had gone wrong and they had to make it right?
No, they just had a tangled mess that got pulled as I moved in my sleep. Blood everywhere and only certain nurses were qualified to even work on it. Each times they had to send me 100 miles to get a new one inserted, I was an expert by the third time. The Dr. even said most people were unaware of details that I mentioned during the procedure.
The funny thing was by this time I didn’t have the strength to move much, asleep or awake. That was not a fun year,
Having reached an age where I get quite enough needle pokes out of medical necessity, I have zero appetite for subjecting myself to thousands more purely for recreation.
But Dick, they’re running a special on dismembership this week!
I just can’t understand why an otherwise beautiful girl would get some gaudy tattoo? Are they trying to show on the outside what’s on the inside?
That’s certainly a pet peeve of mine: girls with tattoos. The “tramp stamp” is enough of a turnoff, but the whole sleeve thing is just disgusting. Kind of like a boob job, which my ex wife got despite my saying she didn’t need one. That was the end of any desire I had for her, and ultimately the end of our marriage.
Some women look really nice with tattoos that compliment their looks. Other women go for skulls and things that detract from their looks. And guys? They tend not to put in as much thought. About 95% of tattoos look pretty stupid though.
Then there’s the “otherwise beautiful girl” with so many facial piercings that she looks like she fell face first into a tackle box.
Mr. Eagelson:
Are you a “hard stick”? Then try wearing a coat or a jacket before going in for the blood draw.
Why just yesterday, I just went to the blood-draw clinic in short sleeves and I needed a second poke. But before the second poke I asked for a warming pack (they use these camping supply hand warmers) and that one went OK.
Only the best can get blood from my arm (I’m an expert.) Usually they go for the back of my hand.
My advice is to trying going in with your arm warm.
Especially if you go in for “that” cancer screening procedure that requires an IV line for sedation, you come to this nauseous yet starved and especially dehydrated from the awful fluid you were drinking during the prior 12-24 hours, and you are cold from sitting there in that skimpy gown. If they offer you warming blankets or warming packs, I learned the lesson to not decline them. It’s not for your comfort, it is for finding a vein.
Good tip. I always drink plenty of water before, but haven’t noticed it helping much. Usually it just depends on the skill of the technician.
I don’t worry about tattoos. The youth of the future will come up with something more bizarre to weird us out.
Mad Magazine had a cartoon strip predicting that the children of hippies will rebel by being straight-laced “squares.” This prophecy seemed Mad-Magazine goofy back in the late 60’s when that was published, but by the ’80’s, Michael J Fox’s Alex character was a current-day cultural observation.