Tw: blood test update (not the results yet) After I got my blood test yesterday My right arm has been hurting which I don’t mind but today I was doing my school work and I start out writing great but after a while my hand gets tired Never had that happen I think I’m also making the area where the needle went in bleed inside

I know when I get my blood drawn I always bruise so that’s the reason why my arm or hand hurts depending on where they drew my blood

@Pandafan1 yea I bruise too I always get asked if I drank water I always tend to drink water but not a lot and still bruise I’ll show you a pic

It wasn’t this bloody inside yesterday

I’m a nurse. It looks like you bruised to me. It happens when you get blood drawn and they don’t apply enough pressure for long enough to the area. It will go away though. No real cause for concern if it’s just a bruise.

This was one of my bruise that I got from the hospital. It took forever to heal.

@pandafan1 Did they stick a needle in your wrist !? That’s really not recommended. 😖 so many tiny nerves in there.

I was asleep by then. It was either for one of my IV or for the A line they had

@Emmy1 yes I bruised every time I get blood taken, yesterday I was there all day for a glucose test @Pandafan1 did that hurt in that spot? Seems like a sensitive spot for blood draw

It probably would have hurt if I was awake when they did it, but at that point I was knocked out by the anesthesia

@Pandafan1 oh wow

That’s such a strange place to draw blood or put in a line. We always learned to avoid the wrist because you can have nerve damage.

I have thin rolling veins and because I had to stop eating and drinking liquids at midnight the next day my veins were probably dehydrated. Since I got surgery on my right wrist they only had the option to use my left arm.

@Pandafan1 there was one time where I had a vein roll Neve happen again