Hi everyone, I just did my second round of chemo. I have 3 more months of chemo, then 2 months of every 3 weeks, bloodwork, you know the drill. Needles have always made me a bit nervous but getting but i used to always tell the nurse and they'd be gentle. Now with all the tests for the tests for the diagnosis, the biopsy, the first two chemo infusions, a few rude nurses, well... on the one hand I'm trying to be brave and not tell them and play the victim and make a scene every time, but I've been increasingly nervous and if the nurse if even slightly brisk I freak out.

They've mentioned the PICC a few times but the thought of having an IV going deep every day when I wake up and go to sleep also makes me super anxious, I hate it. I just hate it all.

I guess I'm answering my own question and should just start telling nurses again, but any thoughts on dealing with needle nervousness when it seems like every other person comes at you with one?

TiA