Owie! Owie!

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  Lynne on February 24 at 1:30 p.m.

  Not really. Except the ones the dentist gives you in the roof of the mouth. Ouch!

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  Bent on February 24 at 1:33 p.m.

  As long as I don’t see it, I am fine.

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  JeanC on February 24 at 1:44 p.m.

  Hell YES!!!! When I was nine it took a doctor, a couple of nurses and a corpsman to get me out from behind the door to get a shot once. I still whimper when I get blood drawn and I usually have hubby holding my hand. I have gotten better about breaking into screaming tears tho, much to the relief of the nurse who usually is drawing my blood.

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  nic on February 24 at 1:48 p.m.

  I hate needles. I had a bad experience.

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  JeanieSpokane on February 24 at 2:14 p.m.

  Would you like me to describe my needle biopsy of my thyroid last week???? uh, hey! Where’d everybody go??

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  DFO on February 24 at 2:28 p.m.

  I was bothered by needles only once — almost 30 years ago, when a doctor in Kalispell used a monster needle to suck the goop out of a badly swollen knee. I was OK with the needle. But I broke into a cold sweat when I saw what was being drained off. Other than that, I make it a habit to watch as the nurse, doctor, etc., sticks the needle into my skin. Mebbe it’s a macho thing.

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  otisgexperience on February 24 at 2:29 p.m.

  Needles have never really bothered me, until I was in boot camp and we all had to line up for multiple “hits” all at once. That sucked. My buddy promptly stumbled outside and passed out.

  I always wondered if getting such a cocktail was really good for you… for all I know, we were the proving ground. Kinda like when we started the anthrax vaccination series, but never got the final one because the FDA pulled their approval (or something like that). Good to know I have some incomplete quasi-approved anthrax vaccine floating around in me somewhere.

  But, then again, it wouldn’t be the only non-FDA approved drug that’s been in my body. :)

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  Token on February 24 at 3:09 p.m.

  My daughter hates needles. Once she had to have an IV put in and they gave her some oral “happy juice” to calm her down. It still took three of us to hold her down so she could be poked.

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  saraeanderson on February 24 at 3:59 p.m.

  I finally got my nose re-pierced today, and yow, it hurt, I must admit. I always forget that it actually hurts to get poked like that.

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  Joker on February 24 at 4:08 p.m.

  So sarae, if you don’t have your nose device in place and you sneeze, does snot go flying out the top of your nose?

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  florined on February 24 at 5:38 p.m.

  Not any more…the needles are smaller and better than in former times. Some of you will remember when needles were reused…and developed burrs. Of course, in those days, I could get the big buggers without a prescription, at any pharmacy, and without explaining my intention. I used to use them to inject garlic juice, etc into roasts and gin into watermelon. Ah…former times.

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  Cindy_H on February 24 at 7:25 p.m.

  Let’s just say viewing the needle used for an epidural made me a huge fan of natural childbirth. Four times.

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  Escapee on February 24 at 9:16 p.m.

  I’m always having to have blood draws taken to monitor my uric acid level, which is under control with a medication I take. So, I’m getting fairly used to needles. The only time it bothers me is when the nurse doesn’t know what she’s doing, making the needle feel like a jackhammer that burrows thru my skin, through the bone, and breaks open the skin on the other side. On the other hand, last time I had a blood draw done, I didn’t feel a thing. I ALWAYS watch the needle. Why? That lets me know when to clench my teeth.

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