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Like others.....the prep is the worst part.
BUT......(pun intended).....I was laying there ready for the procedure to start. IV stuck in my wrist. Here comes the doc with the happy juice. He shoots it into my IV and my arm immediately goes on fire. Pain like I've never felt in my life. I'm screaming. The doc and nurses stand there looking at me. My arm feels like it's going to explode. I'm yelling every cuss word that I know and I think I made up a few new ones. Then one nurse notices that they had the blood pressure cuff inflated!!!! They injected the juice into a CLOSED VEIN. She ripped the cuff off, and the juice surged into my system and crash!
The vein in my arm could have actually ruptured and been a huge emergency.

Don't forget to check your cuff!