1 /5 Lazhein: "I told her she was hurting me, and she still kept jabbing the needle..."
I had an appointment with Dr. Hothi today (Monday June 13th my birthday) and I just looked got home looked at my arm after the blood draw this morning and I kid you not, there is a dark purple & black bruise the size of dime. I have pictures and my arm still hurts.
I told her phlebotomist that she was hurting me, and she kept jabbing the needle into the vein when the blood did not come out fast enough... she did the same thing 6-months ago to me and just looked at me both times like I was exaggerating how much pain she was causing me... the tips of the fingers felt numb for a moment too I remembered and they still feel slightly numb.
This is the second time this African woman hurt me like this twice and I have never bruised after a blood draw since becoming HIV positive in 1998 until I let her touch me... never again, she did not apologize or acknowledge that she had caused me discomfort, she just held out some gauze and asked, “do you want the rubber band?”
I told the doctors assistant she offered the typical apology as she hustled me out the door not even offering to escalate the incident, so I shared what happened with scheduling and both ladies seemed genuinely shocked... but I doubt anyone will say or do anything about this woman.
I sent an email to both the doctors office asking, "What do your office intend to do about this?"