My kidney specialist has given my a blood requisition. On it is a bright lime green sticker advising the phlebotomist : ***KIDNEY PATIENT*** If possible, please use hand veins first.
Do any of you know WHY this would be a recommendation? It sounds like cruel and unnatural punishment to me. The hand hurts more than any other location, and I get a big purple bruise that lasts for 3 weeks and of course everyone sees it and asks about it. How can there be a benefit to taking blood from the hand? It is only about 8-10 inches from my arm from where blood tests are usually taken. Same blood! Just wondering if this is necessary...or plain sadistic. Thanks~ Angie in Canada -- -- [CMLHope] A support group of http://cmlhope.com ------------------------------------------------- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CMLHope" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CMLHope" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
