more on blood donation

today some more of my friends went to donate their blood. I was there for moral support *grins* (more like being a busy body actually) and while i was there, i asked one of the nurses there the size of the needle used....it was 16 gauge O.o (i was right, it was more than 18g). Oh, and since one of my lecturer was there too to donate her blood, i took the opportunity to get some short lectures on injections from her. Haha. I found out that the first injection they gave before poking in the big needle was local anaesthetics which was to numb the pain as such a big needle (16g!!) will be punctured inside our arm. It was given intradermally (under our skin). I saw the belb (little whitish bulge) appearing as my lecturer said it would. It was quite cool and i will be learning how to do that...haha...=) Though it would be definitely be some time before i master the technique but i'm still looking forward to it. hehe. oh, and the stress thingy, well, i'll be alright, i'll just have to excercise my coping mechanisms a bit more than normal.....i need to be stronger. Shouldn't be too big a problem, i'm still alive =p remember to pray for me....thanks in advance..haha....