8.10.08

injection and curses


...yesterday night i tried hard not to eat and drink after 9 pm (i tell you, it was hard for me; i usually eat after nine and i drink milk/tea/water before going to bed). it was for a blood test.
.this morning i woke up early
, thanks to a parched throat, and prepared myself for the injection...hehe...not really scared but excited. im not being a hypocrite "brave" soul here but i am not afraid of seeing blood (am quite used to it after being used to my nosebleeding every september;speaking of which, i had a nosebleed last tuesday night). even after so much already flowed from my body (nosebleeding and monthly cycle) for 20 years of my existence i still don't know what blood type i have...(my students were telling me it was green...a little bit of persuasion and soon i'll believe them)
...oh boy, was i excited...
...so there,i was one of the first to exhibit bravery...
...i sat down, hoping for the successful blood test...i was even friendly to the nurses...
...this nurse came and volunteered to do my blood test...she wrapped a torniquet around my upper arm and asked me to do a fist.she got a cotton ball, moistened it with alcohol, and cleansed the area...(i have a nurse friend so i knew that they do that not only to cleanse but also to see the vein they're looking for)...then she felt for that vein, got a syringe and injected the needle. it didn't hurt, really, for a while we waited for that precious "green" blood that i have...nothing "green" came out...so she searched for the vein with the needle...still inside my arm. she turned it to the left..then to the right...not contented she twisted it...again, it didn't hurt...but it surely pissed me off..
for heavens' sake i am not a guniea pig...
...then the nurse asked "masakit na po ba?" if that wasn't a stupid question, then i don't know what to call it. i said "HIndi.." kasi hindi naman talaga..
...still, i waited...another nurse took over....i asked her "wala na ba akong dugo?"
..of course i was kidding..trying hard not to be sarcastic...it looked like my blood wasn't even green, it was invisible...
..."Ma'am pwede po sa kabila na lang tayo kumuha?"
...yeah, right, like i could do
something about it...
...so they got another syringe and injected me again...at last, the second nurse was able to get blood from me...TAKE NOTE: My blood is red...i'm perfectly normal, thank you.
...nakakabadrtip talaga...
..i just thought, "hey, i'm trusting this unknown person of my life but she takes it as an experiment"...even though i only have a semi-acceptable appearance, i perfetly know, i still look like a human being, not an animal nor a playground.
...badtrip lang talaga..i know this may not sound a big deal because i'm still alive(obviously--if not, you've got to think my soul is with you..nyahaha), but these LITTLE things count. Good thing, they only administered blood testing...pano kung iba na...
these nurses ought to get a lot more practice...not on teachers though, nor students...specifically, not
on me...
...WAAHH...namolescha talaga ako...