Routine tests. Nothing to worry about.
Had to go have some blood taken. Didn’t even half to fast.
As I sit down in the chair the teeny tiny19 year old baby girl professional blood tech says to me.
“Oh wow this is a lot of blood I have to take today.”
Followed by.
“Hmmm, Are you worried about this?”
Well crap, I am now!
“Do you feel dizzy yet?”
OMG I was fine, but now….yes..I think I do!
Thanks an awful lot you little vampire wanna be. You took a routine blood test and turned it into an anxiety ridden event I won’t soon forget. You might want to consider a different career. I bet you would be great at ultrasounds.
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59 comments:
How awful! She really needs to learn to keep her mouth shut. I pray that everything is okay.
I don't want to imagine that much doom and gloom at an ultrasound. Unprofessional much?
LOL...someone needs to talk to that lil vampire ;)
Sometimes people just don't think before they speak, do they?
I once had a blood tech trigger the pump while she was changing containers, blood everywhere! Luckily I am not squeamish about blood or needles. But yikes, I've never forgotten it.
You know how in your head you create perfect answers when someone asks you a question? Well, I had about 10 of them for that Vampire girl, but none of them were fit to print. You poor honey.
What the heck kind of bedside manner was that? She puts the fear of God into ya! Geez!!!
I don't mean to laugh at your pain, but funny, funny post. I think I fear lab techs even more than my dentist, "little vampire wanna be". Hope you get great results!!!
I never like have my blood drawn especially by a person younger than me!
Oh My God! Some people need to improve their personal skills! Hope all is well though...
It must have been her first day! WTF?!
Once I went to the doctor and found that his nurse was a girl I used to babysit for, now she's seeing me half naked and at my worst.
Oh man! I had someone do that to me once too! They were like, SIX VIALS? Man, we are gonna have to use both arms and you're gonna have to sit a while!
And hahahahhah! Totally about the sonogram, couldn't you see her?
"Hmmmm ok...which way does this go. OK...woah, what's THAT? They never showed me anything like this in med school! I think it's MOVING! Oh, you're pregnant? Oh ok...want me to take some blood or something?"
As someone on blood thinners, I take a lot of blood tests, and it's amazing how irritated they get with ME when they can't find a vein. Um, do you think I'm hiding them on purpose???
I had to give like 9 once. I had the tech promise to take me to Chuck E. Cheese before I let her do it.
Wow she needs a new profession. Hope everything turns out ok.
I once had a tech lie to me about something. I wanted to complain about her but didn't. Two years later I finally did complain and the doctor told me he wished I had told him earlier because in the last few years he had been losing patients and wondered if it was because of that girl.
So uh...complain. You'll be doing others a service too.
holy crap! perhaps 'bedside manner' should be included in the med school ciriculum.
I'm so sorry. You should say something to the clinic. She didn't need to make you worry.
Gotta love idiots that draw blood and what not. I always tell them don't talk just take my blood.
Too funny. When I went to my new family physician, I walked in the room and waited. This child in a lab coat walks in...sticks her hand out..."Hi..I'm Dr. So & So".
Really? Your like 24? People graduate and PRACTICE medicine that young? Just call me your guinea pig!!
I would report her. She needs a slap
Goodluck
Really? That is like me asking my students if they are worried about failing a test before they start. Score.
One day she'll be "old" and some young thang will give her an anxiety attack as pay back.
Hope you are well; I'm sure you are.
Yikes! I hope her needle skills were better than her social skills.
(Good thoughts for your results!)
Hope everything is okay.
And yeah, she needs to work on her people skills.
You poor thing!!
“Hmmm, Are you worried about this?”
Well crap, I am now!
“Do you feel dizzy yet?”
OMG I was fine, but now….yes..I think I do!"
Thanks for the giggle!
what a retard face. who says that??
I hope all is well. That is scary. I do not like needles either.
She may need a little refresher course in bed side manner. Not fun.
Hopefully all went well anyway.
lol. how encouraging...
That's pretty funny...small talk at its best.
That's horrible ....funny!... but horrible!
Some skills, like Tact always get better with age. :)
OMG! She sounds like a barrel full of sunshine! Ekk!
Some phlebotafreak gave me a doozy while I was preggers. Those girls are flaky 99.9% of the time.
Found you through Stoller Ballet! Glad I stopped in. Following. :)
I'm here getting caught up on my blog reading!!! Did your little vamp look like Edward Cullen by chance?
what was she thinking!?!
that would've given me major anxitey and brought on faintness ;)
you poor girl, glad you made it through!
Hehe. That's funny. Oh, and I'm sure everything is fine.
that totally sucks.it appears that any dumbshit can become a phlebotomist. in my last pregnancy, i was required to fast for a million years and then wait for a million more after arriving at the loser lab. impatient, nauseous, and STARVING, my enormous blood taker idiot called me back "mrs. rose" "mrs. rose?" very bad sign. our last name is ross. pretty simple. then, when he didn't know how to do the tests and was searching on the computer, he kept updating me that he still didn't know how to do these testesses. couldn't even fucking say the word test correctly. and thought he would get to stick me 12 times. After 40 minutes, being called mrs. rose repeatedly and hearing the word "testesses" while fasting, i seriously ran out screaming. and of course got to fast again but was sent to a lab where my vampire could read and speak correctly using both mono and pol-syllabic words. gaaaah
No fun at all!
Oh no! I hate that...seems all routine and then some knit wit ruins it! Hope all is well my bloggy friend!
I am SO not a fan of blood tests, I would have seriously been dying. How awful! I'm thinking she might be well suited to a career at the DMV, where poor customer service is an art form. :/
ehh, I feel your pain on this one. I always get anxiety when I they ask me to give blood...and I am always just fine...after they scared me to death!
Those bloodsuckers don't know how to do the job and talk at the same time. I have had them blow a vein, leave humongous bruises and cause lots of pain sticking the needle in my arm that I screamed!!
I am glad you survived and all is well:)
BTW, I am grabbing your button:)
Oh no! Those little teenage types are the WORST!
I'm surprised she didn't finish that comment off with "oh my. you have a rolling vein." Then she'd have proceeded to torture you to death trying to find it.
Why do some people think it is appropriate to open their mouth at a time like that?
It's like random people asking if you think that bikini is a good purchase while you're standing in front of the dressing room mirror-- not needed!
~Elizabeth
Confessions From A Working Mom
Um, yeah... not what you want to hear at all. Last time I went to the gyno, the doc and the nurse spent my entire exam making fun of the last patient. Sooooo not appropriate AT ALL.
Why do I get the feeling she missed a lot of days of Medix school?
I would have SLAPPED HER!
I had one say once, I'm a trainee do you mind if I draw your blood? I said no, I don't mind. After a couple of tries they couldn't do it. Had to get an expert.
I learned my lesson.
This person doesn't belong in the medical profession at all. I hate having any sort of test done, much less dealing with an a-hole!
Oh how I hate those silly nobhead interns! I had to get blood tests too a few months ago, told her to use my left arm but she insisted to do the right. Well DUH what do you think happened: a collapsed vein and lots of pain, she ended up stabbing me in BOTH arms to get what she needed. GAAAAH!
Don't you hate it when people say such dumb things! I hope you get good news from your results! ;-)
Lol...sorry she made it so bad for you!
That is probably her way to make her job more exciting.
hhhmm... methinks someone could do with a lesson in bedside manners! Not exactly confidence inspiring.
I'm surprised she didn't start singing "doom on you..doom on you"!!!
OMG! If you didn't say anything to her, I am impressed, I would have looked at her and said something extremely witchy like.
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