DRAW BLOOD

Went to the clinic today to get my blood tested for iron levels. In my mind I thought it'll be the needle-*tiak*-to-your-finger process like those you get when you go for blood donation drives. Hence the following happened.

Doc: "So you want to have your blood taken today?"

Me: "Ya ah why not."

Act brave only. Ha ha I was mentally screaming WTF when I saw him taking out a vial and a big ass syringe + needle.

And then the mental cussing turned into a mental contemplation of

1) Should I express my concern that I was expecting something else?

2) Will that make me look like an asshole?

3) Will it hurt?

4) What is that tapping sound?

The doc was already tapping for my vein.

"Don't move."

And he found it.

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End of my detailed encounter of having my blood drawn for the first time. And of course on my way back home, my brain started to have random thoughts about needle contamination and AIDS cause y'know, that's how my brain rolls.

Sweet.