Laughter is the Best Medicine
[Image: 6-piece blue colored background with a Siamese cat.Text reads: “tell nurse that you’re a ‘tough stick’ and she laughs. no, really.”] Every time that i need an iv they do this (which is quite often). An hour and a half later… they’re still trying to find a vein.

[Image: 6-piece blue colored background with a Siamese cat.Text reads: “tell nurse that you’re a ‘tough stick’ and she laughs. no, really.”]

Every time that i need an iv they do this (which is quite often). An hour and a half later… they’re still trying to find a vein.

Posted 10 months ago
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Tagged: chronicillnesscat, chronic illness, chronic pain, submission, .
  1. littlenorthernsparrow reblogged this from chronicillnesscat
  2. tusofsky reblogged this from chronicillnesscat
  3. missvonmunster reblogged this from wretcheddisease and added:
    I’m the same way… my veins are very little.. one bad stick and that vein will burst… :/
  4. wretcheddisease reblogged this from chronicillnesscat and added:
    When hospitalized for pneumonia the expert in taking bloodsamples said I was her toughest person yet to find a vein in....
  5. 09021994 reblogged this from cheesethatiscake
  6. happythatyourehappy reblogged this from chronicillnesscat
  7. iamgraciee reblogged this from chronicillnesscat and added:
    pisses me off the most.. Like I’ve been stuck enough...know that ur NOT gonna
  8. cheesethatiscake reblogged this from rapstarwife and added:
    I just tell them to stick it in my hand veins that are pretty prominent at most times. They never listen. Spend about...
  9. rapstarwife reblogged this from imsarahcate and added:
    Im so bad that one time the nurse gave up and told my mom to try. For real.
  10. loopyintheskywithlupus reblogged this from chronicillnesscat
  11. thenukacolachallenge reblogged this from backformore06 and added:
    my veins run too! every part of my body hates needles. getting a tattoo should be fun 8D /needlephobia
  12. backformore06 reblogged this from imsarahcate and added:
    Ughhhhhh… fellow tough stick chiming in here… nurses NEVER. BELIEVE ME. when I tell them that my veins hide from...
  13. a-curious-creature reblogged this from chronicillnesscat and added:
    I have Ehlers Danlos III/Benign Joint Hypermobility Syndrome,...related POTS. The...
  14. secretsofthedisabled reblogged this from chronicillnesscat and added:
    Yellow needles, nurse’s ridicule, ableism, IVs...blame it on me “not hydrating...
  15. cuckfrohns527 reblogged this from sickgirldiary
  16. unsfzpxkable reblogged this from chronicillnesscat
  17. steves-finest-hour reblogged this from wornbytheweather
  18. wornbytheweather reblogged this from sickgirldiary and added:
    MOTHERFUCKING THIS
  19. boomchickayea reblogged this from sunandmoonchildren and added:
    Everytime I got a new Iv i always asked for the IV nurse because my veins are impossible to find. Even they struggled .
  20. tooyoung-forthis reblogged this from sickgirldiary and added:
    always blow at least one vein. it’s awful
  21. sunandmoonchildren reblogged this from sickgirldiary and added:
    Always. Last time...had blood drawn, the nurse who...takes...
  22. sickgirldiary reblogged this from chronicillnesscat and added:
    Everytime! They should know this by now. I always
  23. thegirlwiththecftattoo reblogged this from khaleesi-nichelle and added:
    Chronic illness cat, you know me so well.
  24. fluffyshenanigans reblogged this from tipsy-arachnid and added:
    This is legit the conversation I had with the guy who hooked me to an IV in the ambulance after my accident last year: ...
  25. tipsy-arachnid reblogged this from thisclockworkheart and added:
    My left arm is legit incapable of having blood taken from it anymore and IVs don’t stay very well in my right arm so I...
  26. thisclockworkheart reblogged this from chronicillnesscat and added:
    Three nurses and 9 sticks later, they always call the vascular access team. Who usually gets it after 2-3 tries, but...
  27. to-kill-everything-that-you-love reblogged this from amandamlucas
  28. amandamlucas reblogged this from thyrogirl and added:
    Oh man, I always look like a drug addict after blood work. there’s one nurse that gets me on the 1st stick. I love when...
  29. thyrogirl reblogged this from butidontfeelstronger
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  32. theshitfacedgatsby reblogged this from chronicillnesscat and added:
    This year, I tried to give blood. It took three different nurses to try