Let me tell you about my first experience with blood testing. It was not a very fun one.

I had to do it two times because the first time I was too stressed out and the blood wouldn't flow out. What terrible luck! So here's some tips:

• Do not panic/move. If you are afraid, just close your eyes and focus on breathing. That distracted me during the second time they took blood from me.
• If they tell you to squeeze a ball, do not squeeze the ball. Bad things happen if you squeeze the ball, which was what I did the first time.
• Uh, I suggest you eat something sugary before the blood collection. Not sure why though. Eat something at least.
• Beg for the smallest needle.

I didn't have to ask for the smallest needle because it was very obvious that I was scared. The first time was very painful. I was waiting for the pain to stop but it wouldn't (and my right arm still hurts even now). Not that I could do anything about it, so I just lay there and bore with it. When they told me I had to do it again, I completely lost it. The second time was much better though. The nurse called in another nurse to do the collection and she stayed in the room to comfort me. It only hurt when the needle was inserted, otherwise it was pretty much painless. Good job, left arm.

I saw that they had collected three tubes of blood from me. The tubes were the size of my index finger. I-I suppose that is normal?? I didn't know I had that much blood in my arm. My blood didn't look very fresh. So black. I hope there's nothing wrong with me.

Well, if I survived with my extremely low pain tolerance (or maybe I am just a pansy), everyone else probably would too.

Oh and this is what happens when something goes wrong, by the way. Here is my right arm, with Mutton comforting me.



Also, I had doughnuts from Dunkin Donuts yesterday. Yes, those are expensive. Apart from the unusual flavours, they taste pretty much like normal doughnuts. Hmm, not very worth the price.