I was third in at the phlebotomist, which was about the last thing that went right with the blood testing.
“Hello,” said the smiling young lady, “my name is Lucretia, and I’m a trainee phlebotomist. Is it alright if I take your blood?”
She wasn’t actually called Lucretia, but I’ve changed names to protect identities.
The whole idea of going to the hospital to be stabbed in the arm is that they are experts and only need to stab once. However, everyone has to learn so I smiled and submitted.
After being stabbed in both arms, I was passed over to a more experienced taker of blood, who nailed it in one.
And that, it would be nice to think, was where it ended.
Unfortunately, it wasn’t.
After a day of sticking stamps and scanning medallions I got a telephone call from the surgery, telling me, in a slightly panicky way, that the anticoagulant clinic required me to take a test urgently on Friday morning. I’m now booked in for a test at 8.40 tomorrow morning to see what all the fuss is about.
When I find out I’ll let you know.
I’m off to pick Julia up from work now and see how she’s survived her first full day back at work (a day in the gardens followed by an evening as a receptionist). Then I have to break the news that I won’t be able to take her to work tomorrow because I’m in for more blood tests…
I have had the inexperienced ones before myself, and know the multiple sticks with no success before being handed off. Good luck to you!
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I hope all is well.
An annoying false alarm.
Ugh! Poor you! I’m glad you’re okay though.
Thank you. I’m well, but grumpy. 🙂
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For once, let’s hope it was their error
It was. I’ll be covering it at length later this evening. 🙂
I’m shaking my head in belief
🙂 🙂 After some of your adventures with the NHS I’m sure you are.
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Good luck, good luck. Keep us posted.
Will do. Julia is a bit stiff, and raging about growing old but otherwise fine after a full day.
Oh, yes! I often think back to my youthful self. Did I appreciate my young, strong body? I did not. I took it for granted, as I suppose all young people do.
If I’d known how long I needed it, I’d have treated it better. 🙂
Yes, yes!
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Fingers crossed.
Yes, looking forwards to hearing the reason for the retest. 🙂
Yuck. I hope it’s good and easy and not alarming. You have probably earned a good sticker this next time. Maybe they messed up their tests and don’t want to get in trouble over it.
Thank you. It’s probably nothing. The two undesirable effects are heart attack or excessive bleeding and I think I’d notice if either of those was happening. 🙂
Thinking of you….🙂
Thank you. 🙂