man why don't people listen to me when they take my blood or give me IVs? "I'm a hard stick in the elbow crease, it's much easier to go in my forearm, I will start crying and panicking if it takes you more than 2 tries" medical professionals: *blow me off entirely*
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there have only been two people to listen to me about this ever :(
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actually pretty mad about this give me one good reason not to make a minor adjustment like this (does it fuck up the IV? does it lead to a 10% increase in serious medical complications?) "this easy fix will make me cry and panic" do it. or give me ANY DECENT REASON NOT TO
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instead it's like "oh let's just give it a try!" or "well..." *proceeds to stick me without answering I don't WANT to be scared to take care of myself by visiting the doctor but every interaction I have like this makes me less and less likely to seek care until it gets real bad
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anyways that's how I ended up sobbing and shaking while they stuck me three times in my left arm, fucked it up and had to move it to my left, and two chipper dental assistants or whatever bopped around the room going "oh you're doing great

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