Pee reject

[susandennis]

Every year before my annual exam, my Doctor sends me to the lab for blood and urine samples. The latter is always stressful in that I'm not good with peeing on demand and even worse on peeing into the container with the tiny mouth they give you. So, a few years ago I started packing my own pee. I have an old pimento jar that I keep just for that

Comments

[ghost_light]

Lol. My mom saved a ton of my old baby food jars to use for those samples

[susandennis]

Smart lady, your mom!

[ghost_light]

Smart, frugal farm-girl, my mom

[rsc]

My doctor sometimes orders a urine test and sometimes doesn't. I always ask him when he orders the labs, so I know whether to pee before I leave the house when I go get the blood draw. (Since I have to get it done before breakfast, I would normally pee first thing.)

At my last blood draw, the technician could not get a proper stab in my left arm, which is the one I've always used - apparently that's the problem; that vein has been stabbed so much there's a bunch of scar tissue. So she used the right, and it was fine. I'm not going to be having as many blood draws in the future than I have i the past, so my right-side veins should last.

[susandennis]

Yep next year I'll ask before!

[sleepybadger]

I have to say, my dr rarely orders a pee test. Mostly just blood. But I have to admit I"m giggling at the idea of you carrying a jar of pee.

[susandennis]

careful not to bump into me, k?