tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post6435308291823184943..comments2024-03-15T01:11:32.832-07:00Comments on Bardiac: Hard Sell: The Blood Bank and MeBardiachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11846065504793800266noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-2303700731062460602010-07-08T19:07:45.458-07:002010-07-08T19:07:45.458-07:00Thanks, Janice. LOL, Vampax!Thanks, Janice. LOL, Vampax!Bardiachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11846065504793800266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-24704268590170490172010-07-08T17:44:35.756-07:002010-07-08T17:44:35.756-07:00Oh, oh! Regarding the vampires and menstruation, t...Oh, oh! Regarding the vampires and menstruation, there's a comedic video you just HAVE TO SEE:<br />http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/f57c441be1/twilight-cyclesJanicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14093558563358431804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-25281294855454258622010-07-07T17:13:48.747-07:002010-07-07T17:13:48.747-07:00We do blood typing in my cc bio class and I am ama...We do blood typing in my cc bio class and I am amazed that we get away with it. I just finished my first year here and I'm certain that the powers that be must have no idea what is going on or they would put a stop to it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-5925074913997065232010-07-07T16:12:09.606-07:002010-07-07T16:12:09.606-07:00There was a big deal about blood testing when my y...There was a big deal about blood testing when my younger sisters were in high school (early 80's) that had more to do with possibly uncovering paternity issues, that lead to removal of this exercise in Bio classes. Like Sisyphus, I've done this before. Just recently I had a freakish fall at (of all places -one more reason to avoid) the mall. I understood why they were insistent on the CAT scan as I did hit ny head hard on concrete, but it was once I realized that I was bleeding and had broken teeth that I fainted. That caused the EMT's to do an EKG even though I told them I had a history with vagle syncope. Can't wait to see that bill, and while I can laugh about it now, it was pretty embarrassing. Regarding the book, though, it's crap and the phobia as used here just seems to add to the general crappiness & portrayal of females as helpless in these books. Amazing how many people have read this junky series and paid money to see the movies.Anne Camillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12419931136194330529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-37972584724662602412010-07-07T15:29:19.631-07:002010-07-07T15:29:19.631-07:00Oh, and by the early 90s, we already had gotten ri...Oh, and by the early 90s, we already had gotten rid of any blood typing/blood-drawing exercises in high school. Though we did do tests with the litmus paper and with that chemical to see if you are a "supertaster" or not.Sisyphushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09880634753539329199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-43860426577124829392010-07-07T15:28:17.756-07:002010-07-07T15:28:17.756-07:00I totally do that ---- the vasovagal response she&...I totally do that ---- the vasovagal response she's talking about! It has nothing to do with getting your period or scraping your knee. I always thought it was needle-related more than blood-related. Maybe it's a self-preservation thing against the fear of being violated? Like how oppossums play dead, or something?Sisyphushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09880634753539329199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-87262423959443297262010-07-07T13:48:56.421-07:002010-07-07T13:48:56.421-07:00Wow, that's fascinating. So she wouldn't ...Wow, that's fascinating. So she wouldn't faint changing a tampon or something, or fixing up your skinned knee, just in fairly specific contexts?<br /><br />See, I learn something new everyday! Thank you!Bardiachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11846065504793800266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-76980902315159009182010-07-07T13:00:05.673-07:002010-07-07T13:00:05.673-07:00She just did, it wasn't a big deal. It happens...She just did, it wasn't a big deal. It happens, she's not really phobic, but as a kid it was really embarrassing. Every time at Kaiser, after it happened, the nurses would come to us and say, "Oh don't worry! Your mom will be fine!" And I would have to say, "I know...we're used to it." <br /><br />A lot of people have that reaction, I've certainly had it. It isn't just seeing blood per se, it's the whole context. A lot of people don't react like that unless they see it spurting, or the actual injury or knife or needle. It almost always is in a medical context...they won't react that way to a skinned knee or something. It's one of those freak medical things - the only phobia where people just pass out, without actual fear or panic or hyperventilation.<br /><br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trypanophobia#Vasovagal<br /><br />I'm way not scared of needles or surgery (obviously) or whatever...it's the reaction that gets me. It's thought to be biological/evolutionary, not psychological/emotional. People don't faint at just seeing blood. <br /><br />Weirdly, it's only the skin incision that ever gets me - once the guts are out or whatever, I'm totally fine.<br /><br />That said, that book sounds pretty dumb-ass.Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15606922510495018342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-16374991403349089962010-07-07T06:10:38.417-07:002010-07-07T06:10:38.417-07:00Really, Sara? How did she survive? (And, I guess...Really, Sara? How did she survive? (And, I guess I'm wrong, then.) Thanks :)<br /><br />Anon, Yes, we did too, back before HIV made it to our awareness.Bardiachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11846065504793800266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-51330717269634598882010-07-07T05:26:53.924-07:002010-07-07T05:26:53.924-07:00We had such a blood typing exercise in high school...We had such a blood typing exercise in high school (a loooong time ago though) and it wasn't a girl, but the most macho guy in class who fainted!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-28112571138101981192010-07-07T01:44:07.576-07:002010-07-07T01:44:07.576-07:00My mom faints like that. It's really embarrass...My mom faints like that. It's really embarrassing.Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15606922510495018342noreply@blogger.com