5 sticks in my left elbow, one in the right, one in the wrist- finally got a little bit of blood to decide to leave my body and go into the tube for the nice techs. And what they got? Not my best. A second stick downstream of a vein previously hit, that got *some* blood and a lot of spatter in the tube. The tech drained out the needle into a second tube so as not to waste the precious itty bit he could get.

Let's all pray it's enough. They only needed one tube. I'm not drinking the glucose again unless I really REALLY have to. Nasty.