The Doctor

I was going to post this on Random Thoughts instead, but Kristi got a good laugh. So I went in for a physical today and they wanted to take blood. OK, all good. Problem, I had only eaten a banana all day as I've been so busy at work. So I am sitting in the chair, the guy puts a rubber strap around my arm to pop a vein out and then says, 'Wow that vein is deep, I need a bigger needle'. I'm not the queasy type typically, I mean I've been there done that before with this. So he sticks the needle in, no problem, sweet. Ok, so a little blood comes out, then it stops... stops totally. So he proceeds to pull out that needle and begins looking in my left arm for a vein. As he is doing this, I start feeling really strange. Total nausea comes over me. Like a little kid I say, 'I don't feel so good. The room is spinning.' The guy asks me if I can make it the room to lie down, next thing I know, I say quietly, 'I feel like I am going to puke'. The other nurse comes running over and puts me on the floor with a pillow and an ice pack and my feet up. Next thing I know, I'm drinking Powerade. The other nurse says she couldn't tell the difference from my skin and the white tile floor I was so pale. I feel bad for the other nurse. He was new on the job and apparently this may have freaked him out. I was able to drive home OK, but I get to go back Saturday AM now... wish me luck!!! They say it's probably related to low blood sugar with the not eating... oh well...