tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8750894991418323604.post310354989150377906..comments2023-04-06T07:35:59.563-06:00Comments on Knits in Church: Words of WisdomKnits in Churchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11773350201342206169noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8750894991418323604.post-7689080004155030962007-05-25T07:48:00.000-06:002007-05-25T07:48:00.000-06:00Hi again,Phlebotomists eh? I am all in favour of t...Hi again,<BR/><BR/>Phlebotomists eh? I am all in favour of them. <BR/><BR/>I am squeamish about many medical things, and in particular I have a tendency to faint when having a blood sample taken. <BR/><BR/>Yes, I did faint the one and only time I tried to donate blood in a fit of civic responsibility, but that was only at the point where you give your name and address. The kind folk at the blood doning session told me to go home and never come back.<BR/><BR/>Now, however, I can't try again as I received a blood transfusion some 18 years ago, and that excludes me on account of fear of HIV.<BR/><BR/>What I'm coming to is that whilst I was in hospital I had many samples taken and cannulae inserted, and universally whenever the nurses or doctors did it it was painful and difficult. Whenever the professional blood letters did it (they were called venesectors in those long lost days) I scarcely noticed them doing it<BR/><BR/>The moral ? Don't feel bad about geting the expert in, the patient will thank you. Feel good about the things you are good at.<BR/><BR/>Incidentally my hair is brown.<BR/><BR/>Love PeteAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com