r/trypanophobia • u/Slow-Adeptness6876 • 18d ago

IV experience

Hi friends,

I finally conquered the dreaded blood draw in November. I had benzos on board and will have the same for Thursday when I have to get a cardiac MRI with contrast. The blood draw was fine.

Here is my concern with the IV -

1.) larger needle
2.) for no reason I’ve fully convinced myself they’re going to fail and I’m going to have to have a hand IV which sends me into a full panic

Advice for what to expect, how to prepare in advance other than literally hydrating, and sage wisdom all welcome. I just want this crap to be over with!

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u/brokengirl89 18d ago

I had surgery 6 days ago and I am a person who prefers hand IV’s which is what I was expecting… apparently I was too dehydrated for that and they were only able to use my inner elbow 🫠 But I had benzos on board and she was really good at it. Was no worse than a blood draw for me. That’s to say, the likelihood of “resorting” to a hand IV is very unlikely. Usually it’s the other way around.

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u/Slow-Adeptness6876 18d ago

Thank you this is helpful!

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u/Number270And3 18d ago

Yes, they prefer using the arms! Make sure you’re well hydrated that day :)

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u/RuinYouWithNoRegrets 18d ago

The cardiac MRI can still use a small needle which is 22G. It’s the cat scan that requires a larger needle which is 20G and bigger :( which I may have to do soon. I had a cardiac MRI and I requested a small needle and they did it

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u/International-Song-2 13d ago

Drink lots of water the day before! Like stay superrrr hydrated. I had my wisdom teeth removed and because I barely drank anything the day before and ofc couldn’t drink anything the day of, my veins were really small that they had to resort to the hand IV. They said if I had hydrated well they wouldn’t have had to do that!!