Zero so apparantly I am a drug addicted person who also has diabetes. Also, according to brainless people I am super fat because why else would I be diabetic, right?
Taken many, many needles through being seriously sick. I also have 6 tatoos. So a clear 0 here, not scared at all(if you ask me about the dentist however...)
Is ten seriously the highest this can go? I've paid for a flu shot before and STILL tried to talk my way out of it (I told the nurse she could just put it into a cotton swab or something). I've also wanted a tattoo for ages, but I know I'll never be able to get one.
I want to say "Depends". If I am feeling strong and fine then a needle doesn't bother me. If I am woozy, nuaticous, or lightheaded then a needle may make feel even worse.
Used to bother me quite a bit, then in college I needed money to save up for a cross country road trip I was taking with my friend. Didn't have the kind of schedule where I could work a regular job on the week days so I started selling my plasma.
For those of you who don't know, these needles are BIG. Get blood drawn for a test? Ha. Nothing compared to the things they use at these places. But, I got paid money to sit in a chair and read Terry Pratchet books. The first couple of times were a bit difficult, but the cash in my hand made it worth it. Leaving it in your arm for around an hour was the weirdest part.
You get over it though. Now the tiny little things they use for injections or tests only cause one reaction: "You call that a needle? Ha!"
In high school I was pretty into pain killers and my friend was going to shoot up Oxy for the first time so I tagged a long to be his driver and whatnot and when the chick put the belt around his arm and put the needle in I had to run out of her dorm room.. I ran around like an idiot for like 10 minutes in the UMKC dorms looking for somewhere to vomit..
Also, every time I get any kind of shot or blood drawn I turn as white as a white person can get.
If the needle goes clean in and out, that's alright with me I guess. But when I got my wisdom teeth taken out and was hooked up to an IV, I was literally freaking out. The idea of a needle being inside my wrist for a long amount of time freaks me out so much, and I guess I'll always be afraid of the needle breaking inside me. Honestly, I'm spazzing out a little bit writing this. If I have to get one, I won't need tieing down or anything--I know I need it--but I will definitely have a little panic attack in my head. I guess most of it depends on where it is. If it's just on my upper arm, I guess that's alright, but pretty much anywhere else freaks me out. I'll say an 8.
I passed out giving blood... maybe I'm just sensitive to seeing blood. Maybe it was the needle. Either way they had to pick me up off the floor. #thuglife
Well, considering the only time I've ever passed out was while I was getting blood drawn, I'd say about a 9.
Not to mention the fact that every single time I seem to get the new phlebotomist, who's apparently never done this before, and who can never seem to find my vein on the first try.
I'm a regular for giving blood or plasma. Blood's not bad, but the plasma ones are a bit scary the first time. They're a bit pretty thick gauge and if the phlebotomist doesn't get it just right... the return on fluids is painful as fuck. It ends up injecting a ton of fluid into the vein and surrounding tissue. Feels like your skin's going to rip open from the outside. The up side is that needle of any kind don't scare me anymore.
Zero so apparantly I am a drug addicted person who also has diabetes. Also, according to brainless people I am super fat because why else would I be diabetic, right?
I think it's just a joke, and maybe you shouldn't take it so seriously.
A million out of 10. I'm getting woozy just thinking about it. If it's between dying and someone sticking a needle in me to save my life, just go ahead and mail me to the graveyard. No thank you, doctors and other medical professionals!
Zero so apparantly I am a drug addicted person who also has diabetes. Also, according to brainless people I am super fat because why else would I be diabetic, right?
I think it's just a joke, and maybe you shouldn't take it so seriously.
I wish it was a joke but there are actually a ton of people out there who thinks I have diabetes because I'm fat.
Used to bother me quite a bit, then in college I needed money to save up for a cross country road trip I was taking with my friend. Didn't have the kind of schedule where I could work a regular job on the week days so I started selling my plasma.
For those of you who don't know, these needles are BIG. Get blood drawn for a test? Ha. Nothing compared to the things they use at these places. But, I got paid money to sit in a chair and read Terry Pratchet books. The first couple of times were a bit difficult, but the cash in my hand made it worth it. Leaving it in your arm for around an hour was the weirdest part.
You get over it though. Now the tiny little things they use for injections or tests only cause one reaction: "You call that a needle? Ha!"
I do give blood when I can muster the courage to do so. I want to do the plasma thing, but it does scare me a lot. Giving blood and plasma is a purely altruistic endeavour in Australia - you get nothing but the satisfaction of being a good citizen. I wouldn't want to get paid for it to be honest, but exactly how much do you get for blood and plasma?
A million out of 10. I'm getting woozy just thinking about it. If it's between dying and someone sticking a needle in me to save my life, just go ahead and mail me to the graveyard. No thank you, doctors and other medical professionals!
I can totally relate. Imagine if you had to inject yourself in the heart with adrenaline? Now I'm getting faint.
The company I work for makes a drug that reverses the effects of macular degeneration and restores vision in patients that are going blind. Catch is, it can only be applied through injection. Into your eye. Once a month.
Basically what you're saying is that everyone with diabetus is a drug addict....very classy. I've only ever had the basic shots at school and given blood a few times and have no problems with needles. Of course needles in the eyes or falling naked into a pit of used needles scares me but that's not a thing that will happen.
Used to bother me quite a bit, then in college I needed money to save up for a cross country road trip I was taking with my friend. Didn't have the kind of schedule where I could work a regular job on the week days so I started selling my plasma.
For those of you who don't know, these needles are BIG. Get blood drawn for a test? Ha. Nothing compared to the things they use at these places. But, I got paid money to sit in a chair and read Terry Pratchet books. The first couple of times were a bit difficult, but the cash in my hand made it worth it. Leaving it in your arm for around an hour was the weirdest part.
You get over it though. Now the tiny little things they use for injections or tests only cause one reaction: "You call that a needle? Ha!"
I do give blood when I can muster the courage to do so. I want to do the plasma thing, but it does scare me a lot. Giving blood and plasma is a purely altruistic endeavour in Australia - you get nothing but the satisfaction of being a good citizen. I wouldn't want to get paid for it to be honest, but exactly how much do you get for blood and plasma?
You can donate/sell plasma twice a week as long as you are eating enough food and staying hydrated. I think they paid me $30, U.S. the first time in a week, with $40 or $45 the second time. They pay you more the second time to encourage you to keep coming back as much as you can. Not great money, but not bad for an hour of doing nothing except enduring some mild discomfort. As far as I know, they sell it to pharmaceutical companies for research and medicine production. They rarely need it at a hospital as there is never really a shortage of the stuff so don't ever feel the need to "donate" plasma. They'd just sell it anyway.
I tried to donate blood once, but with all of my traveling, they told me I was too high of a risk for contagious diseases.
The company I work for makes a drug that reverses the effects of macular degeneration and restores vision in patients that are going blind. Catch is, it can only be applied through injection. Into your eye. Once a month.
How does that make you feel?
You scared the shit out of me. Death would be preferable.
The company I work for makes a drug that reverses the effects of macular degeneration and restores vision in patients that are going blind. Catch is, it can only be applied through injection. Into your eye. Once a month.
How does that make you feel?
You scared the shit out of me. Death would be preferable.
All you guys did was remind me of that Needle in Eye part of Dead Space 2
Oh right, spoilers and all that (If you, reading this, haven't beaten it yet then don't pretend to care)
Zero so apparantly I am a drug addicted person who also has diabetes. Also, according to brainless people I am super fat because why else would I be diabetic, right?
I think it's just a joke, and maybe you shouldn't take it so seriously.
I wish it was a joke but there are actually a ton of people out there who thinks I have diabetes because I'm fat.
How many people know that you have diabetes without knowing you :S
Zero so apparantly I am a drug addicted person who also has diabetes. Also, according to brainless people I am super fat because why else would I be diabetic, right?
I think it's just a joke, and maybe you shouldn't take it so seriously.
I wish it was a joke but there are actually a ton of people out there who thinks I have diabetes because I'm fat.
How many people know that you have diabetes without knowing you :S
Lots, a bunch of people around the interwebs, friends of my friends who have heard about me and they all say the same thing when they meet me or see me in a weird video or something like that. "Wait, you're not fat so how can you be diabetic. That's not what I hear from people I know" and stuff like it. It's kinda weird
I'm not afraid of them one bit since I've worked extensively in terminal care and am quite used to them. However I do hate it when someone pricks me with one, so I'll go with a two.
i voted a 3, needles going into my skin doesnt bother me so much, but the thought of one going in my eye FREAKS ME OUT. UGH UGH UGH.
stab a hundred into my arms, sure! but leave my eyes alone! no needles in the eye. just thinking about it slowly coming down into your eye watching it and being helpless to stop it, AHHHH
If a 5 is a "meh" then I'm probably around a 7. I don't like the feeling of the needle being in me nor will I look at it but I haven't really felt true pain from a needle yet. I thought it was amazing how my father constantly got pricked by needles (he had cancer) and it didn't bother him much unless the people sticking him did something wrong.
0, although I'm not a drug addict and I don't use needles often. I given blood a couple of times, I like watching the needle go in, it's cool to watch for me. I've gotten a shot in the ass for poison ivy all over my face and in my ears, didn't hurt much at all.
The main thing I'm afraid of is lasers and bees. Bees are somewhat ironic, since they sting you like a needle, but I'm more afraid of them buzzing themselves around me rather than actually getting stung. I had laser surgery on my foot and it hurt like a mother fucker, hard to compare it to anything.
In reality, about an 8, where I will lie down (not sit) and take it, and hate every second of it. It's the worst.
In any depiction of it, that escalates to about a 15. For whatever reason, it freaks me the hell out. The most recent example I can think of is watching Breaking Bad, where
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