Veins...etc....

[Forseegood]

Hi, know this is a slightly morbid question, but what do people do, having to get so many blood draws? how do they handle the vein question? In going to get blood draws, I'm seeing that I don't have the best veins...my skin is kind of creamy and rich as far as the complexion, and you can't see my veins very well, as you can with more light skinned, translucent complected people...do you see what veins you can use, then switch arms from one blood draw to the next? Does the skin heal well enough to use the same arm? Not the same vein.... if youre having to go every two weeks? or every one week if youre doing pcr's for the first 4 weeks as I'm trying to do....I'm probably not explaining myself very well...I'm just wondering how this works...particularly the healing question, have a feeling Im going to end up like a pin cushion...thanks!

[sfbaygirl]

hmmmm. I never had a breakthrough, but I was a slow responder. Wonder if going into the thighs had something to do with it. I have really skinny thighs though...good question though!

[dointime]

"Keep em coming about the thigh vs stomach issue with the shots...! I'd like to get people's takes."

This is what I am wondering.  My belly fat is soft and homogeneous but the fat on my thighs is cellulite - like orange peel when you squeeze.  It was only after I started injecting into my thighs because my stomach was too inflammed, that I had a viral breakthrough (4 weeks later).  Do you think that on some women who have cellulite on their thighs that it is possible the interferon does not absorb so well?  My nurse said it would be fine but I still have my doubts.

dointime

[sfbaygirl]

Please Jim, spare us the whole description of how to put a needle in!  Talk about vampires!  I am a thigh girl, you are a stomach guy, right?  Please let her know your whole routine in a PM!  LOL  I don't think I can hear it again!  I like the thigh, stomach punctures are brutal. After tx, I had to do my blood thinners in the stomach. It was awful. My stomach was so blue and bruised, I hated it!!!  So if you choose to do those stomach shots, please let Jim guide you through them offline!  YUCK.  Hey, I know....everyone has their favorite places to do the injections....Me, I stick them into my thigh and watch for the veins before I shoot. Never had a problem. The whole thing about pulling the syringe out to see if there is blood, YUCKERO. Nope, never did that. I just plunged it in with no problem....I am sure you will get the whole nine yards of responses. I just can't do the pulling out...maybe it reminds me of some drug addict or something!!!  I never had a problem NOT pulling the syringe out to check for blood...what do they call it?  Flagging....Nope, don't want to hear. Guess I can skip those posts!  LOL

Love you and wish you well in tx...Jim, go ahead...I just can't listen!  

Linda

[FlGuy]

Actually, brown and white saddle shoes mostly. But have a 'shouler issue' these days that keeps me away from the swing of things.  Instead, more time at the ball fields with the kid's softball adventures.  If you've read the 'florida lunch' threads the place is a fair trip from where I live.  The bummer is that I will be in that town weeks after for a softball tourney.  I NEVER watch the blood takers. Can't stand the idea, even on tv.  I have to look away til it's over. Ironic recalling how I got hcv in the first plaace

[Forseegood]

em...so that's your handle huh? thanks a bunch...we're here to support each other...

[Forseegood]

Keep em coming about the thigh vs stomach issue with the shots...! I'd like to get people's takes...NYgirl's statement about high on the thigh (though I'm not wearing shorts lately:) is a good one me thinks...why can't we shoot in the butt? Plenty of fat there, at least on me!:) I know I'm asking for it on that one as well, but I'm really asking...

Ladies: Even in this world of unpredictability, randomness and surprise.... there is one thing we can always count on, just about...men will be men, no matter if they are sick, on treatment, off treatment, married, single, out on an island by themselves somewhere, etc etc...I bet, that almost every woman who read this thought to themselves, oh yeah, she's got that kind of skin you can't see through...

as we can see, men will have *other* takes on these types of issues as well...HA HA HA HA! You made me laugh out loud Jim, for real!!!! I'm not having my cellulite shot by camera unless there is some big money riding on it! HA HA HA HA!