Is it normal meps needle did not hurt me?

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I had lots of blood tests in the passed and they have always hurt. What is worse is they do nothing to make sure you stay still even though they know its excruciatingly painful and dont seem to take any of this into consideration when they are doing it on children.

They also always seem to have this attitude of "Why you being such a baby". Even though they are dealing with kids. I use to get blood drawn a lot as a kid since they always thought I was anemic since I was so skinny.

Clearly nothing ever came back or I pretty sure they would have told me but every time we went to a new doctor they usually asked for 1-3 more blood tests which always came back negative.

Anyways I am now 22 and I went to go get blood drawn at meps and I did not even feel it and I am shocked. Shoving a needle into your arm is very painful. However they also did do it a little different, instead of painfully shoving it into my arm with a shot like needle and slowly draw blood, they slowly slid in a needle and they hooked it up to a tube and let the blood run and slide it out. Is this how blood tests are suppose to be? I did not think it was possible to not have a painful blood test.

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  • charli.m
    8 years ago

    Yes, that is how it is supposed to be done.

    If they drew blood with a syringe when you were a child and were rough with you, you probably have some stressful negative mental associations. Additionally, things like this are more stressful to children as they are small and from their perspective, anything has more potential to be distressing.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      8 years ago

      Also the doctor at meps was more friendly then civilian doctors. They are dealing with a bunch of 17-20 year olds. In the Civilian doctor they often have to deal with a variety of ages including children. Why would the military do a better job than civilians? Its the military! Do they really care more about the well being of patients than a civilian hospital?

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      8 years ago

      Why dont all doctors do it this way? This is so much less stressful and much less painful. I would not have expected the military to make a medical procedure as painless and quick as possible. I dont understand what is wrong with civilian doctors. Isnt creating less pain better since you can make sure the patient wont move. It also seems to take forever when they use a syringe vs doing it with a tube and needle. I now trust the military more than civilian doctors.

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      • charli.m
        8 years ago

        I don't think it's down to military vs civilian, Alli. It's down to some doctors arent very good but nost are. It also is down to the individual doctor. Some doctors are shit at it, specialist pathologists do it all day so they're very good at it. The doctor's bedside manner is also down to the individual.

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  • wistfulmaiden
    8 years ago

    What is meps?

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  • Steve2!
    8 years ago

    Whenever I receive an injection, I make sure to flex as hard as I can when the needle goes in. It hurts quite a lot, but I get a bit of a kick out of it and look forward to appointments. It would be a massive letdown if there wasn't any pain involved.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      8 years ago

      Are you a masochist who takes a special pleasure in needles?

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      • Steve2!
        8 years ago

        No. I am not a masochist.

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        • Anonymous Post Author
          8 years ago

          Than I dont see why you say you enjoy and look forward to the pain.

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  • Myghoul2099
    8 years ago

    i've had nurses jam it in to my arm completely missing the vein and then yell at me for being uncooperative

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