Blood draw and NSV
I had my blood drawn today for labs. 19 vials!!! But, my veins have been hard to draw from for a while. Well, apparently that was because I had so much extra weight. I was able to get them to poke me in the normal place in the crook of my elbow (usually they have to do my upper arm, or the side of my elbow, or my wrist, or the back of the palm, etc.), and the 19 vials filled up in about 2 minutes. That was fastest blood draw ever. Who knew I would be excited about a blood draw!
HW: 274 | SW: 232 | CW: 137 | Goal: 145 (ticker includes a 42 pound loss pre-op) | Height: 5'4"
M1: -24 (205) | M2: -14 (191) | M3: -11 (180) | M4: -7 (173) | M5: -7 (166) | M6: -8 (158) | M7: -11 (147) | M8: -2 (145) | M9: -3 (142) | M10: -2 (140) | M11: -4 (136) | M12: -2 (134) | M13: -0 (134) | M14: -3 (131) | M15: +4 (135) | M16: +2 (137)
They always used to have a hard time getting my blood, too. Now that I'm a normal weight, it's easy.
Kelly
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
If they only took six vials, they didn't do a full set of labs. They should be taking about 15 to 16 vials total.
Kelly
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
Yep, I used to be a hard stick but now I don't need 3 people to probe for veins - - they're visible to the naked eye!!!
First ultra: Stone Mill 50 miler 11/15/14 13:44:38, First Full Marathon: Marine Corps 10/27/13 4:57:11, Half Marathon PR 2:04:43 at Shamrock VA Beach Half-Marathon, 12/2/12 First Half-Marathon 2:32:47, 5K PR Run Under the Lights 5K 27:23 on 11/23/13, 10K PR 52:53 Pike's Peek 10K 4/21/13, (1st timed run) Accumen 8K 51:09 10/14/12.
