Ouch! Needles...

[Lindsey]

Is anyone as terrified of needles as I am? I can not STAND even the thought of a needle going into my body.... I got my last hepatitis A shot today before my Mexico trip. I was actually due to get it a year and a half ago but never went because of my fear... but now at least I am immune for 20 years!

You'd think I'd be used to needles by now because I have them so often... when I was younger (4 or 5) I had a lump in my neck that doctors were worried was cancer, so for about a year I was getting blood tests at least once a month... and even now I'm tested yearly because of my kidney problems. But every single time I get so scared, I get light-headed and start to feel nauseous.

I can never watch the needle, and I can't watch other people getting needles either. Scott was right beside me and I had to turn my whole body away so I couldn't see it.

I hope I can get over this fear before I decide to have children... I think the thought of having an IV stuck in me is more terrifying than the thought of pushing out a baby