Do You Look When You Get A Shot Or Blood Test?

Yes, I do watch for a couple of reasons. Most nurses today are not taught to give a shot properly and that goes for pharmacists as well, so, before they even start, I show them how it's done. Some phlebotomists do not seem to know where the veins intersect either, so I do the same. Apparently, they do not practice this before being leashed upon the public. One exception; this past Sept. while visiting my son, I stopped in a CVS to get my flu shot and the pharmacist was a whiz. I told him he should be teaching nurses today.
 
No, I turn away. Even though I'm told I have a high tolerance to pain, needles scare the crap out of me. lol :LOL: :LOL: 😅 I can't stand the sight of blood either. So, I turn away when they are drawing blood.
 

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I have a big problem with needles & I rarely allow it. I can't watch anyone else get any type of needle - vaccine or blood draw. I cant even watch it on TV. I don't have a problem giving myself insulin, however. Maybe it has something to do with ME doing it.
A doctor has to convince me that it's necessary (other than just something to bill for). They usually can't.
 
I don't fear injections because over the years I have had so many but I don't care to watch.

As a former regular blood donor I have always taken my time to relax before blood is drawn and I do not look at the process of insertion of the needle. When I was on warfarin I avoided looking at the injection process that occurred in the belly. I could see later where every injection had been delivered by the bruise marks. As a child of 9 I was being treated by a weekly injection supposed to overcome an allergy (it didn't) and I became so blasé that I didn't look up from the comic that I was reading at the time. The doctor was very impressed.
 
I don't mind watching an injection like a flu shot (tho I don't usually), but I don't watch blood draws. I watched the very first one I had as a teenager and my blood literally spurted into the thing with each heartbeat. I don't know if that was normal or not but I didn't expect it and I fainted. Haven't watched since!
 
When I had my (way too many) spinal surgeries I had (and yes I counted) 200 injections over many days to prevent blood clots
I watched them being injected into my legs and they didn't bother me....maybe I became used to them I guess
Many years ago I had to draw up a mixture of 2 types of Insulin for my Type 1 Diabetic Son and inject him many times daily
 
I don't mind getting a shot in the arm and it wouldn't bother me to watch, but I don't think I ever have. Now a blood draw is a different thing, I will always look away, completely turning my head to the side and just wait anxiously until it's over. If they have to do more than one try, it drives me nuts. o_O
 
I don't watch either one. I used to faint whenever I got a shot but finally got over that. I even fainted twice when I got my ears pierced when I was young. I do get really anxious about a blood draw and have to be careful or I will faint. I get mad at the person taking the blood though because I warn them ahead of time and they always say "no one faints when I do it". Then I faint and they act so worried.
 
I usually watch...more out of curiosity, than anything. A moment, or a few seconds of minor pain is no big deal....to me. Heck, I usually do more than that, to myself, when working on some "project".
 
I watch, doesn't bother me. Two years ago, I had to get two shots in the stomach ... I admit I winced in anticipation, but actually only felt the prick .... Not bad at all. The nurse complimented me on my "toughness" I said Nah, you're just very skilled.
 
It's funny but when I was promoted to a public health field position one of my duties included drawing bloods. That's something I hate to have done and never thought I'd be able to do it to someone else. But I learned and got quite good at it. While I was taking blood, it was so clinical that it didn't bother me. But I don't like watching techs take blood from me and don't even like to watch it being done on TV.
 
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Yes, I usually watch with the blood test because it's tricky to get blood from me. With a shot I just look straight ahead.
 
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