"I had a full blown needle phobia, where I couldn't do blood draws, etc...I would faint flat out...and you can imagine, that might get in my way if I have a chronic illness..lol... "
4C, that's priceless...thanks for the laugh!
youre a gaffer huh? you might work in my town...anyway, yeah, I have a lot of experience with this, having had anxiety attacks, etc etc for many years now...what I try to do, is make this problem better by dealing with my subconscious...our subconscious can have a mind of it's own, lol...we can be dealing with our life, talking to people, etc etc...and underneath it all, is the subconscious, frightening us, going into nonsensical loops that go round and round, as a means to *protect* us from harm...because it doesn't deal with rational things as other parts of our mind does....so that's why I employ self-hypnosis, relaxation techniques, mediation, etc etc...I had a full blown needle phobia, where I couldn't do blood draws, etc...I would faint flat out...and you can imagine, that might get in my way if I have a chronic illness..lol...
So I did self-hypnosis tapes (there are good ones on hypnosis downloads do com, all one word) and other places on the net....you don't necessarily know it's working, till all of a sudden, you get these procedures, deal with anxiety and phobias, a whole lot better...there are many sites that tell you information on these things, seek them out...hope this helps...
I had the vaso-vagal experience 2 times after angiograms. I remember that before the second one I ask the Dr to give me an extra shot to avoid it and he ignored my request and it happened after the exam while he was putting pressure on the vien opening and how frantic he was. What is the shot called that will avoid it ? I am now a candidate for Endovascular Repair and fear it may hapen. What should I ask the Dr.for
to avoid it ?
thanks , Sim