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blood tests/needles

crystal12

Hi, my adult son seriously doesn't like needles.  He had a canula inserted after sedation at the dentist + was ok with that because of the sedation.   Our Dr wants to do some blood tests on him as "he hasn't had any in ages" (probably never).  At present he's recovering from a chesty cough which he's been taking antibiotics for but isn't fully recovered from.  Maybe it's a viral rather than a bacterial infection.  My son saw me having blood drawn years ago + nearly jumped out of his skin.  I should have prepared him better, I know.  I'm at the Drs for blood tests today so will have a word with the nurse to see if she can be any help regarding him but if anyone has any advice, please reply.  

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    Like Jamie, I was really bad with needles. To me it's a perfectly rational fear of having a long sharp pointy thing stuck into your arm! I used to faint when people were even talking about needles and stuff like operations etc. What works for me is knowing that it will be quick and although it might hurt a bit while they are doing it it won't go on for ever and you will come out the other side OK. I play to my rational side and persuade myself that if everyone else can come out the other side then I should be able to as well. I always make sure that I look away and if they can make the approach without me seeing the damn thing then that's even better! Try and bring out the Spock in him and ask whether Spock would let a bit of pain stop him having an essential procedure. It simply would not be rational!

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    Like Jamie, I was really bad with needles. To me it's a perfectly rational fear of having a long sharp pointy thing stuck into your arm! I used to faint when people were even talking about needles and stuff like operations etc. What works for me is knowing that it will be quick and although it might hurt a bit while they are doing it it won't go on for ever and you will come out the other side OK. I play to my rational side and persuade myself that if everyone else can come out the other side then I should be able to as well. I always make sure that I look away and if they can make the approach without me seeing the damn thing then that's even better! Try and bring out the Spock in him and ask whether Spock would let a bit of pain stop him having an essential procedure. It simply would not be rational!

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