I have a medical condition, so I've had quite a lot of blood tests over the past few years for monitoring things. It's often quite difficult to get blood out of me and I always tell the nurse first. At the test two weeks ago, I will admit I hadn't drunk enough water beforehand so I was a bit dehydrated, so that made it more difficult.
It's never nice, but this time when she put the needle in it was SO painful, especially when she was moving it about to try and get some blood. I could feel the pain going right down my arm and into my fingers. For the first time ever I had to ask her to stop as I was in so much pain. She said I had some kind of fibres or tissues in my arm that were there from previous blood tests. She ended up taking blood from my opposite hand instead.
After a week it was still hurting, so I decided to investigate by pressing down inside my elbow at the site of the blood test. Big mistake, as I felt the pain going all down my arm and fingers again. Even now I keep getting cramps in my arm. I can't quite quite explain what's wrong, but I feel like my arm is weak? Even typing this on the keyboard is causing me a bit of pain.
Has some kind of permanent damage been caused? What can I do? If I phone my GP, can they actually do anything about it or is it too late? I'm quite worried.