Donated Blood
I went to donated blood yesterday for the first time. As with a lot of things my body reacted to things backwards. First they do a finger prick to draw a little bit of blood to test that your iron level is high enough. The nurse said the finger prick was the worst of it and that it hurt more than the needle they use to draw the blood. Well I didn't feel the finger prick at all, maybe I just got lucky with the spot she chose. The needle on the other hand stung quite a bit and was rather uncomfortable in my arm. The nurse said that if it hurt too much just to let her know and she could take it. I figured I had come this far I didn't want to wimp out. So I continued with it and after a bit I was able to ignore the discomfort in my arm. About half way through the blood started move slow and the nurse gave me a ball to squeeze to get the blood flowing again. Squeezing the ball brought back the discomfort of the needle in my arm but I wasn't about to give up after being so close to be done. Afterword, I went home and relaxed on the couch.
My arm is still sensitive today where the needle went in and while trying to scrub the iodine and band-aid stickies off my arm I felt light headed and nauseous. Perhaps my arm was still sensitive from having gone for blood tests last Thursday. I think I will trying giving blood again to see if the sensitivity in my arm this time was just a fluke. I'm sure the memory of the discomfort will have faded by the time the 56 day waiting period is up.
My arm is still sensitive today where the needle went in and while trying to scrub the iodine and band-aid stickies off my arm I felt light headed and nauseous. Perhaps my arm was still sensitive from having gone for blood tests last Thursday. I think I will trying giving blood again to see if the sensitivity in my arm this time was just a fluke. I'm sure the memory of the discomfort will have faded by the time the 56 day waiting period is up.