Feeling like a pin cushion

Wow!  It does raise a smile when someone who needs to put a cannula in, stares at you and demands "what are your veins like?!" as if we had the ability to maintain them  

My vains are like that before cancer.I have a port in my arm, put in in Clattabridge, my resent stay in the Royal was eventful, they wouldn't use the port cos they didn't put it in !!!!!!!! So was as you say like a pin cushion one doc tried to put a canular in my foot !!! That didn't  work. Then an elderly nurse walked in and got one in my hand first time. Take care x

Well done for coping with it and good they got some in the end.

my husband has a needle phobia and I go with him for support.

plucky for me I have good veins and do not mind having injections or blood taken xx

Hi all, like Ruth I have good veins, but my wife has diabetes type 1 she is used to giving herself 4 injections a day but because her veins hide she does not like having bloods taken.

All the best Ulls

Oh Tvman, that is horrendous, poor you. As you know, one of the side effects I have is cirrhosis of the liver, so I go to the clinic a few times a year. They took bloods, or at least tried to take them, at the first clinic I went to. Now they send me to the phlebotomist who uses a hand held ultrasound machine to track the vein before they insert the needle, it works a treat. I can't understand why it is not used at the cancer units or more widely in hospitals! It may be worth asking if they have one after what you went through!

Excellent Idea Annette

Tvman xx