tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3204358997085828680.post6855220196278635429..comments2023-10-31T02:08:57.631-07:00Comments on 2010 ILC at Brown: Blood!!!Madeline Kronenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00809038721402994691noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3204358997085828680.post-47908060861779741212010-07-02T21:40:31.511-07:002010-07-02T21:40:31.511-07:00Megan,
I've given my own blood at the blood b...Megan,<br /><br />I've given my own blood at the blood bank more than 200 times with more than 175 of those in the apheresis department.<br /><br />I usually like to think of myself as pretty brave. Send me in against the Taliban and I'll do it without question. Have me appear before an IRS auditor--no sweat. But put a demure phlebotomist in front of me with a needle in her hand and I start quivering where I stand.<br /><br />You like to think that the people drawing your blood are professionals and know what they're doing but that isn't always the case and sometimes they can inflict some real pain. Sometimes those little needles feel like spikes and you worry that the hole might not ever close up after they withdraw the needle.<br /><br />Now, aren't you glad that we didn't discuss this BEFORE you went in for a blood draw?Don Gosneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17110247579694408858noreply@blogger.com