Question about donating blood

[gigi]

Thanks, Vlad. I was pretty sure there was scar tissue under the skin too, after all these donations.

[Plynck]

@Vlad/Igor

The needle, when it first goes in can either get stuck, meaning I have to push harder, or it pushes through layers of fibrotic scar tissue, “hitching” on each layer. It’s a sensation not unlike pushing sharp scissors through two or three sheets of paper held taut. Normally, I feel the resistance of needle give slightly when it enters the lumen of the vein, and I know to stop. That sensation is much harder to pick up on with scar tissue between the skin and the lumen of the vein, and that’s when I start sweating: am I in or not?

I think I see why you chose “Vlad” as your user name…

[Vlad_Igor]

@Plynck

I think I see why you chose “Vlad” as your user name…

Yes, and Igor because I work in a research lab: “Yesss, mawstuh, I shall fetch the bodeee.”