Mighty Fine Shindig

I had some blood work done today, which meant fasting for 12 hours before hand, which really meant no food since 10pm last night until 4pm today, which is more like 18 hours... surprisingly it wasn't really that difficult. Had I not been doing Atkins, and thus had my decreased appetite (which is a good, healthy thing, no worries) then I probably would have died. As it was, not so tough.

But *damn* the needle hurt this time!!! I've had needles before, and I've had blood taken before, but it's never stung quite like it did today. The nurse almost couldn't find my vein (thank God she did and only needed to stick me once!) but she got it first try and the little pinch was quite a bit more significant than I remember last time, and by the time she'd filled the third vial, it was down right painful, all stuck in my arm there.

And now, it's still quite sore. And, gosh, don't I sound like a wuss?!

I still think it's facinatingly cool to watch your blood spurt into those vials, so fast and dark red... and I just watch it fill each little glass vial, one after the other... I don't know why I find it so neat, but I do *G*

Anyway, then I had to pee on my hand in a cup for a urine sample and drop that off. All kinds of fun. But it's been a good long time since I've had any workups done, so it'll be good to see what's going on in the ol' bod :o)