Blood supplies short -- give if you can.

[skinsguy]

Originally Posted by drew54

I need to start giving again. I had a rookie nurse hit a nerve with the needle last time. Needless to say my entire arm was numb and would radiate pain if I lifted it above my head. This lasted for about a week, and I have been traumatized since.

My ex-family doctor did the same thing to me. My arm went numb all the way up to my right ear. I kept trying to tell her and her nurses that it's impossible to get blood from the arm, to try it in the other arm.