Newbie vampires

After living in Toronto for almost 7 years and two years on a waiting list, I finally have a doctor in this city. Of course it was determined early on in the initial consultation that I needed a full physical, considering my last one took place around ten years ago. I almost panicked when my new doctor, whom at this point I have yet to establish a rapport with, casually paused mid-sentence after starting with "You are getting to that age..." and then she giggled because it's something she enjoys doing to her clients. What she was getting at was one of the components of a physical examination that I don't care for, the blood letting.

I'm not afraid of needles, I just get a little queasy when watching the tubes fill up with my life essence. So I don't watch. Many different experience levels of nurse have taken my blood over the years and even with a warning about how deep and uncooperative my veins are, the newbie vampires always seem to fuck it up. Why don't they listen me? Don't they think I know my own body? They end up believing me after several attempts, leaving multiple punctures and a lovely blue reminder (bruise) on my arm which lasts a week.

My ex-wife had the same trouble whenever she went to get blood taken. She would have horrible experiences with nurses poking right through veins, leaving complete forearms filled with blood. Perhaps her bad experiences led to our daughter now having a phobia of needles. I'm assured that some day she will conquer this fear but for now we have to go to extremes to get her the proper inoculations and blood work done. It pains me to see my little girl so crippled with fear that it goes beyond my understanding of how this could become such an issue for anyone.

Most people don't like being told how to do their job but in my line of work the customer is always right and I listen and include their input into what I do for them, especially if it's something new that I'm not as familiar with. My arm is new to you, newbie vampires, so please be a little more understanding and pay heed to my cautions because I may not know how to do what you are doing but I do know how my body reacts to it when done the wrong way. I'm the customer, hear me roar.