I tried to give blood today. I am a regular blood-giver, but have really tiny veins. I feel my donation is a double donation. Not only do I donate blood, my tiny veins turn into a learning experience for the technician as s/he enevitably has to call her supervisor for help. Generally, this is after she has given up on one arm and has moved on to the other. There has only been one experience when there was no trouble finding my vein - and it was at a children's hospital.
So, I waited in line to answer my questions... if I have ever had sex with a man who has had sex with a man (um, the answer is no) and sat down on the blue reclining chair thing and waited.
Well not only were my veins tiny, they were TOO tiny. I was turned away sans needle prick. At least I didn't have to go through the pain of having them prod around looking for my veins and THEN give up. The nice supervisor came over, tried to find a vein and then said, '61 this one - insufficent veins in both arms'.
Boo.
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