Down with flu in the last couple of days but finally dragged myself to the doctor's on friday afternoon. In any case, it was anything really serious just a block nose and sore throat. While i was at the doctor's, i decided to ask about hepA & B vaccination and was told that i would need a blood test to see if i have any immunity against hepatitis. Since i was there, i thought might as well get one done. Just as the doctor was able to draw some blood from my right arm, i warned him that it was notoriously difficult to draw any blood from my arm from previous experiences and i usually ended up with bruises. My doctor laughingly told me that all it takes is experience and it is really easy to do it if you know how. Well... after warning me that it may feel a little painful as he pushed the needle in (i assured him i am quite ok coping with pain), he proceeded to explain to me that he could feel a big vein in my arm and told me how it wasn't a problem finding it. So imagine his surprise when he drew back the syringe and nothing came out. I was trying not to laugh as he continued to looked perplexed and continued to "poke" around with the needle at various angles in his attempts to draw my blood. I had to ask him finally if it was really a vein he was poking at which he told me fairly confidently that it felt like one, to which i replied "It must be a fake one then since it doesn't have any blood in it". It took several minutes before he finally took the needle out in defeat. I couldn't help but smile and when he saw me smiling, he looked alittle embarrassed and muttered something like "You don't look surprised" which of course i wasn't. In any case, he became more serious (and less cocksure) when he attempted the same thing with my left arm and finally succeeded. After that i think we both had a good laugh about my "fake vein" (he suspect must a tendon in any case) and he half-seriously told me to warn any doctors who may attempt to draw blood out from me to try with my left arm and never my right.