I've had 9 shots in the past two months, mostly for my trip to Senegal in December. It's a good thing needles don't bother me much.
ETA: Happy Birthday, Sumi!
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Calli - Nov 15, 2008 3:58:54 pm PST #1548 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Atropa - Nov 15, 2008 4:00:46 pm PST #1549 of 10002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Happy birthday, Sumi!
Needles don't bother me at all. I watch when doctors or nurses have to stick me, and I watch when I get tattoos.
quester - Nov 15, 2008 4:14:21 pm PST #1550 of 10002
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
I don't like shots, they hurt, but getting blood drown breaks me. I have to be lying down when they do it or I will faint.
brenda m - Nov 15, 2008 4:32:19 pm PST #1551 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Oh, heh. One of my co-workers is going to Haiti in December for an annual mission/work trip with her church. She was explaining to us some confusion going on with her doctor and said loudly, just as one of those classic hushes falls "And I got it all worked out with my doctor and I do have Hepatitis B!"
Of course, she meant that yes, she had previously had the vaccination. But the look on her face.
sarameg - Nov 15, 2008 4:38:43 pm PST #1552 of 10002
I think I need to redo my hepB shots. When I got it first, I think I missed the booster. I hope all else is current. A quick review of the cdc indicates this is likely. I still have my little yellow cards!
msbelle - Nov 15, 2008 4:44:07 pm PST #1553 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Oh yeah in all the hubbub with mac today, I had to get a ppd also. Of course, I got mine while calming him down the first time I just held out my arm and never even saw the dr or it coming since I was trying to get mac to make eye contact with me and get some deep breaths.
OK - 9 ebay listings up and 1 amazon. WHEE! 3 toys I was going to list were given to a friend, so I think I only have enough pictures to list 2 more things tonight. I may get these things out of the house before Thanksgiving - that would be shiny.
CaBil - Nov 15, 2008 5:24:10 pm PST #1554 of 10002
Remember, remember/the fifth of November/the Gunpowder Treason and Plot/I see no reason/Why Gunpowder Treason/Should ever be forgot.
Happy Birthday Sumi!
§ ita § - Nov 15, 2008 6:08:15 pm PST #1555 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Happy birthday, sumi!
I get an IV put in twice a week, so it's good I'm not slightly phobic. I can sit still through all the rooting around for a vein (mine are small and roll and blow) unless they're working in my foot. I twitch compulsively then. Can't stop myself.
quester - Nov 15, 2008 6:20:58 pm PST #1556 of 10002
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
All of my veins are really obvious under my skin, it's like a road map.
beekaytee - Nov 15, 2008 6:25:55 pm PST #1557 of 10002
Compassionately intolerant
My tattoo didn't bother me at all. The needle phobia seems to only kick in for hypos with me. That being said, giving blood has never, ever been even the slightest option.
Doctors have, on many occasions, sought to guilt me into giving blood. AB- and all. And I would do, sincerely, if it were possible to do so while out of my senses. I believe the exact words out of my mouth have been, "Put me out and you can have it all."
I tried to remove the only IV shunt I've ever been consciously aware of myself and I had my wisdom teeth...one of them impacted...removed without novocaine.
Yeah, I roll like that.
My very first ever memory of the phobia involved going to the doctor and watching a nurse play with a pen on the counter while waiting for the doc to arrive. I was certain, in my 5 or 6 year old's mind, that she was going to whip the cap off and stab me with a hidden needle.
Bad. Bad mojo.