interview ma ~~~

lease ma ~~~~

Lease~ma, sj!

Continuing interview~ma for Kristin.

I just realized that if I drink one cup of espresso every hour on the hour starting at 8 am I won't run out of cups until after 9 pm.

Bitch for the day:

They have been cutting down a tree across the street and grinding it up since 8 this morning. I really didn't need to know that there's a more annoying sound than leaf blowers.

Dear Blood-Drawing Person:

If you've frelled up the stick inside my elbow so that I have a giant hematoma, you've given up the right to be shirty when I tell you what size needle to use in my hand.

Signed,

Spent a year getting blood tests every two weeks

Dear Blood-Drawing Person:

My sympathies. I always have them go for my hand because I have tiny veins and they roll. Of course, that doesn't stop them from ramming the needle out the other side of the vein and making a mess.

My body is making life very difficult for me today. I'm hoping this lease signing is short so that I can get home and crawl back on the couch. Right now I want to just cry and crawl into a hole.

sj, everyone wants to cry and crawl into a hole when they're moving. I hope you can get back to your hole quickly.

My best vein was in my right arm, but they can't stick that anymore because of the lymphedema. A good phlebotomist can get the inside-the-elbow one, but it's fairly deep and the more incompetent miss or go through it. The veins on my hand look large, so new people always start with a larger needle, which doesn't work because they roll.

I've also given more than 6 gallons of blood.

I know my veins, people. Listen to me.

sj, everyone wants to cry and crawl into a hole when they're moving. I hope you can get back to your hole quickly.

Thanks. It's not the moving. I'm not even stressed about that yet. We have another month before we really have to be out of here, and I have already started packing and organizing. I'm just feeling really sick and want to get through this without some sort of incident.

Ginger, I'm sorry about the blood drawing issues. I haven't had my blood drawn as much as you, but I have had problems with it in the past and I totally sympathize with people not listening to you about your own body.

I had to get blood drawn twice in a short period of time a couple of months ago at Quest. Th first time the tech used a vein up on my bicep and gave a bruise. When I went back, that tech asked me a bunch of questions trying to identify who had done that sounding like she was going to dress someone down. It was gratifying.

I know my veins, people. Listen to me.

Yeah, what do you know, do you have a fancy blood sucker's degree? No?

Yes, some blood drawers need kicked, and I would do so except for the sharp pointy thing stuck in me at the time.

{{sj}} Sorry you are feeling bad.