With most of the new equipment pricking is much easier...Ellen probably already answered this. I got a biology degree back before the “AIDS” stuff and was in all the pre-med classes, so when we were in high school we did testing with blood and would have to do the pricking and in college we did sooooo much of that that it became very routine. The teacher even had a student practice drawing blood on him and I have so many different funny memories from that class, but it made me realize how routine the teacher saw even the drawing of blood if he was willing to let someone try it for their very first time on him and all. By the time I was finished with college I think all curriculums were being rewritten (at least for high school, not sure about college) to limit all that stuff because everyone was suddenly afraid of blood, etc. in a brand new way.
What I’ve noticed about blood squeamishness is that sometimes its there and sometimes its not.... I passed out in 6th grade when we did a field trip to the blood drive. I had no idea I was squeamish. We were about done and we were standing listening to somebody talk (and I was blocked in by the crowd of people) and I had passed out once before in my life before that so when everything started to go dark and my ears started to go I realized what was happening, sort of....so I said to the person next to me...i think I’m going to faint. Of course, another 11/12 year old kid has no idea what to do and I don’t’ know if they didn’t believe me or just didn’t know what to do. I was told I hit my head on a table behind me and on the concrete floor but I don’t’ remember any of that. I just hated that I had passed out! The principal came later just for me and walked me back to the school because they left me behind after that just to be sure I was okay. LOL
I went on to get the biology degree just fine and participate in other blood drive stuff and all and never ever passed out again. I learned what to do if I started to get squeamish, but most of the time it doesn’t happen. To this day it happens sometimes, but the exact same thing doesn’t do it to me other times. There is like some mental and physical component both to that and I’ve learned to control it to some degree, but to another degree I can’t...... It’s more a matter of not thinking about it all most of the time and not expecting to get squeamish. If I start thinking about past times I did get that way, then sometimes its all over and I can’t back up the symptoms, but provided I change the venue and my thoughts right away, then it all subsides.
chantelle
On 8/7/10 6:08 AM, "tamaratornado" <tamaratornado@yahoo.com> wrote:
Ew, do you have to prick yourself? I'm squeamish...
--- In fast5@yahoogroups.com <mailto:fast5%40yahoogroups.com> , Ellen Ussery <ellen.ussery@...> wrote:
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> http://www.phlaunt.com/diabetes/14046889.php
>
> or you could purchase a glucometer and do the test described here. Will
> give you a very good idea of how unstable your BG is and you don't have to
> risk getting your insurance company involved.
>
> Ellen
>
> On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 2:47 PM, Bill McCarty <wbmccarty@...> wrote:
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> >
> >
> > In some people, a large-carb meal produces unstable glucose levels: First
> > the glucose is high, then low, then high again over a period of maybe 2-12
> > hours. That's one possible mechanism.
> >
> > Alternatively and without appeal to a large-carb meal, in the absence of
> > food, some people experience low blood glucose. If the glucose level drops
> > low enough, the liver may dump glucose into the blood stream, causing high
> > blood glucose.
> >
> > The bottom line is that the body's glucose thermostat, so to speak, may
> > alternate between low and high rather than establish a medium level. And,
> > however it comes about, a transitory high blood glucose level can induce
> > sleepiness.
> >
> > I'm not claiming this *is what you're experiencing, only that this is a
> > possible* mechanism. If you want to investigate this possibility, you
> > could purchase and use a glucometer. Or, you could ask your physician to
> > perform a glucose tolerance test, which might confirm glucose instability.
> > Or, you could just enjoy the nap if doing so fits your lifestyle :-)
> >
> > On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 11:00 AM, tamaratornado <tamaratornado@...>wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> "moderately elevated blood glucose resulting from the consumption of a
> >> large carbohydrate load."
> >>
> >> How does that happen when I haven't eaten anything all day?
> >> Why would I get sleepy when I haven't eaten anything?
> >>
> >>
> > --
> > Bill McCarty
> >
> >
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