Butterfly Needles (Cancerventures)

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Butterfly Needles (Cancerventures)

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Just ask for butterfly needles. Go easy on your veins.

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“You lust and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and war. Yet you do not have because you do not ask.”

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James 4:2

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(Cancerventures Book Excerpt)

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…Just Ask:  

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First, a tip about the lab, the place where all dreaded blood draws are done.  

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In a conversation with Joy a couple of weeks before my appointment, I asked if it were possible to have a certain nurse draw my blood for this scary CA 27.29 test.  

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Yes, it is! The art of the ask!  

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So, I requested that a note be made in my chart, summoning my angel nurse of butterfly needles to do those early 7:30 a.m. honors. 

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This angel gets it on the first stick. A 25- gauge butterfly needle (because of my teeny, squirmy veins), administered to the top of my left hand, in the vein right above my wrist bone, and voilà! In and out, little pain, no pin cushion. 

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But I initially thought this request of mine was too fussy, even by my standards.  

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(In a British accent) “Yes, Alfred, please bring me my personal bloodwork nurse. Have her meet me on the terrace.” 

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But no, clinics do comply with such a request. 

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The lesson here: when, in doubt, ask. Just ask. You never know what is possible. Maybe you could get your preferred individual instead of being at the mercy of a potential hatchet person. Just ask…”

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Amazon.com: Cancerventures: Tales of a Diagnosed Woman eBook : Cruse, Sheryle: Kindle Store

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