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Old 17-08-07, 11:00 PM
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Right, got my medical tomorrow.... bit nervous to be honest as I don't find needles very friendly and I don't like the idea of 'blood test'. Saying that, I've heard about three or four reports that it isn't a full test, just a prick on the finger. Now, as I can't sleep, can anyone put my mind at rest, or am I going to be a quivering wreck tomorrow?!
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Just a prick on the finger for a haemaglobin count,

I hate needles and I dont mind it,

HTH.

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Yay! Green for letting me sleep!
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Anyone confirm if this is true?

I've got several offers of work if i get the medical. If it involves a needle im probably going to skip, if not i'll consider it.


(yes i really do hate needles that much).
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There are no needles.

They put a little clicker on your thumb and click it. It's less sore than being pinched, and it's just for the diabetes test.
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If its your 1st medical don't you have to give blood??
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I had my HSE medical recently and can confirm the above - it's just one of those blood sugar counts, so just a little pin prick on your finger and one drop of blood onto a stick!

(I was bricking it too - mainly because of work I'd not actually been to sleep for 36 hours before my medical!)

I didn't have to give a blood sample on my first HSE medical (and I have the commercial ones too - not the divemaster ones which they skip loads of stuff on).
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As everyone says, it's just a little prick on the finger very similar to a diabetes test but I think it is to check your blood haemoglobin count.

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If its your 1st medical don't you have to give blood??
my first medical involved a largish blood sample.
later ones have not so far.
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Bit of an old thread this! But I may finish the story!
In my medical I gave two samples of blood for a FBC. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be! I guess that all doctors are different!
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