Sci Fi fans and readers of Dune by Frank Herbert: I found out this morning that I would have flunked the Gom Jabbar. :(

The IV nurse at the hospital hurt me SO badly trying to put the IV into my hand that I yelled, and cried, and made a nuisance of myself. They were heaving great sighs of disgust, and the IV nurse told me I was a grown woman and should behave that way. Of course, pain that intense and that prolonged takes all of that out of your control.

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cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

Some nurses are better than others at doing such things. When my daughter was in the ER the nurse poked her 3 times and couldn’t do it. Then they had another one and she did it. She was laying there crying silent tears. They never had a problem at the lab at the health center where I took her for over 2 years. First time every time.

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cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@4meAndyou Yeah right so good she has to brag to you to try to convince you. The good ones don’t need to brag, you’d be telling her she was good like my daughter did that lab tech at the clinic I took her too. She told her every time.

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@4meAndyou I do think some of these medical workers are sadists.

4meAndyou · F

@cherokeepatti I will agree with that 100 per cent.

Matt85 · 36-40, M

A nurse once said to me "You need to get yourself a life, mate" because I said I missed my IV lol. She had just seen Pirates Of The Caribbean and was trying to be like Jack Sparrow.

RuyLopez · 56-60, M

Some of the "IV Nurses" are complete hacks. If it is my daughter I make a fuss and tell them my daughter's veins are difficult and they should get the phlebotomist. They typically will at least get the one nurse on the floor or in the clinic that is good at hitting the vein the first time. Sorry you went through that. I have had a new nurse stick both my arms twice before. BTW - I am a Dune geek. The novel and the original movie anyway. Pain is the mind killer young human.

4meAndyou · F

@RuyLopez Yes, well, my mind definitely died this morning. And it wasn' t that the nurse didn't hit the vein the first time...it was the horrifying pain she inflicted while doing it. I still feel freaked out, when I think about it.

RuyLopez · 56-60, M

@4meAndyou You should not let her touch you again. Ask for someone else if you ever come across that sadistic witch again. It should not hurt that bad. The young nurse that tortured me actually use the needle while in my arm like a search tool. I looked like a heroine addict for 10 days or so.

4meAndyou · F

@RuyLopez I will remember her. She was quite large.

BizSuitStacy · M

Oh gosh...I'm so sorry.

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BizSuitStacy · M

@4meAndyou How's the throat feeling?

4meAndyou · F

@BizSuitStacy Not one little bit of a sore throat. I scared the crap out of myself by looking up the procedure on the internet. 🤣🤣🤣

BizSuitStacy · M

@4meAndyou Glad to hear it. Treat yourself to some ice cream anyway. 😁

OverTheHill · 56-60, M

And here I thought it was a Sci Fi post.

Sorry you had such an unpleasant experience.

4meAndyou · F

@OverTheHill Thank you. I felt like my name was Paul Atreides and I had a Bene Gesserit witch torturing my hand while threatening me with the gom jabbar.

Confined · 56-60, M

Ive had some nurses do very well, and others not so good. One nurse did go get some one else. :-)

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