Hope you never have macula degeneration requiring shots in your eyes.

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Originally posted by Dusty78:
My advice is to suck it up

This.

These sprays are essentially useless in my experience. If someone wants to be a drama queen they will do nothing. And, most patients do choose to be drama queens.

I'm not sure when it happened, but somewhere along the generational line, we became a nation of pussies. So you get a needle stuck into you...BFD. As Dusty says, "Suck it up".

My common refrain is, "Is it going to hurt?". "Yes, but guess what? You'll live".

What I find is that most folks 50+ have no issue. They seem to know that sometimes a little pain leads to relief and they deal with it by gritting their teeth for a second or two and then...it's all good. Others I need to chase around the room while they are writhing in pain and (moreso) histrionics. I tire of it quickly. They demand lidocaine before an IV start despite the fact that lidocaine (unbuffered) hurts more than the IV start itself.

I used to let paramedic and nursing students practice IV starts on me. Again...BFD.

A little pain is a part of life. Just the other day my podiatrist put a steroid injection into my big toe knuckle. It hurt like a mother...for a few seconds...and then it was over. Whoopdedoo.

I hate people.

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Originally posted by 9mmnut:
Hope you never have macular degeneration requiring shots in your eyes.

My Mom is going through that. Horrible.

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Originally posted by 9mmnut:
Hope you never have macula degeneration requiring shots in your eyes.

I took my grandmother to get a shot in her eye once. Went back with her as she was in her late 90's. Not something you want to watch but then you can't turn away.

I'm not afraid of needles but hope to never have one stuck in my eye.

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Originally posted by 9mmnut:
Hope you never have macula degeneration requiring shots in your eyes.

GET OUT!!

There is another way to make to make venipunctures painless, particularly in blood banks, where they use those 16ga horse needles to get the blood out faster. Years ago, I donated blood and they used a tiny, painless 25ga needle and injected xylocaine to form a wheal or bubble over the vein. Inserting the 16ga needle was then totally painless. Now when I donate, they just jam that 16ga in there. I always mention that I know they could make it totally painless, if they wanted too. Another trick is to ask your doctor for a prescription for Lidocaine cream. Smear that on the site 30-60 minutes before and you won't feel a thing

I have undergone several eye transplants. Lenses on both eyes, corneal transplants. With all the attendant needles, etc. When he did the cornea work, he inserted the new inner layer of the cornea, injected an air bubble to hold it in place until it seated. Both eyes 2 weeks apart.

I have little memory of those events, but I do know that my eyes were sore from the injections.

Had I not gone thru it, I would be blind today.

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Originally posted by Gustofer:
They demand lidocaine before an IV start despite the fact that lidocaine (unbuffered) hurts more than the IV start itself.


I hate people.

If the lidocaine hurts more than the IV start, why do people keep asking me to use the lidocaine ? Are they just being "macho" ? Are you saying that they are choosing the more painful approach ?
The frequent flyers that I get asked to start IVs on, are usually relieved when I inject a little lido. first.
Whose "comfort" are we talking about ?

As an aside....my partner at work is a fan of ethyl chloride....when he started my IV for a colonscopy , he used it on me....I was skeptical but didn't want to tell him how to do his anesthetic..... I honestly didn't feel a darn thing....

As far as "hating people"....maybe it's time for retirement ????

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Originally posted by Gustofer:

My common refrain is, "Is it going to hurt?". "Yes, but guess what? You'll live".

Not so sure when Respiratory Therapist goes mining during arterial blood draw with rolling arteries. . . . even had that one last night.

Last year had 4 shots right through the ear drum. Heard it all real well.

Doc said first two shots were to numb the area. Liar!

. . . . never again unless they crown me with a big ball-peen hammer first.

The spray they need for that should come with a full mask and an Anesthesiologist.

Several doctors have used EMLA on my wife; she swears by it and swears without it.