Why do you need a tourniquet? I've never had such a thing and I've given lots of blood away ;) Seems a bit odd.
Second, have you got low blood pressure? And perhaps a different position would help, how were you sitting/lying when they tried to take it? Have they tried using local anaesthetic gel on the site? Have you tried a sleep mask or similar? Or a nurse to sit and talk to you about something else while they do it? Or using an unusual site, perhaps one you can't see as easily, rather than your arm?
Or maybe you could have blood tests (and have as many diff ones as you might ever need at once) under the heavier type of sedation one has with one's scopes...I wasn't aware of anything during my scope so they could have taken blood then no problem.
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Second, have you got low blood pressure? And perhaps a different position would help, how were you sitting/lying when they tried to take it? Have they tried using local anaesthetic gel on the site? Have you tried a sleep mask or similar? Or a nurse to sit and talk to you about something else while they do it? Or using an unusual site, perhaps one you can't see as easily, rather than your arm?
Or maybe you could have blood tests (and have as many diff ones as you might ever need at once) under the heavier type of sedation one has with one's scopes...I wasn't aware of anything during my scope so they could have taken blood then no problem.