melsamei's Cancer Blog
August 13, 2007
| Blood Draw | Views: 2038 |
I had my first lab work since surgery done today. I knew there would be no blood pressure taken from my arm and I knew that my arms could not pricked for blood but it never occured to me that blood would be drawn from the top of my hand. I have become accustomed to wearing a cuff around my leg for blood pressure however, I was not prepared for the excruciating pain of having blood drawn from the top of my hand. The lab tech sprayed my hand with a numbing agent that did not work very well. It was pain similar to the start of an i.v. I still have lidocaine cream to use on my port and I will definitely use that prior to any more sticks. It worked wonderfully to access my port. I never felt any pain during chemotherapy.
Now, I do get expanded once a week but the needle insertion does not bother me. It feels more like pressure than a stick.
Eventually, I will figure out how to load pictures and put one on the web. Maybe my 10 year can work on that for me.
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Thanks for your support -
Yikes! That sounds painful. Let me know if you need any help with uploading a photo. Have a great day. Jill
Hello there! I remember all to well the hesitant anticipation of my blood draw and or neulasta shots. However, my fabulous nurse would spray a nitrogin spray that freezes the area if I forgot my lydocain creme. Hope this helps! Blessings to you! Tari
I know having the top of your hand is painful. sorry you have to go through that. When I was in the hospital last summer I couldn’t have blood taken out of either arm. They took it out of the top of my foot three different times.. That was terrible.