How old were you the first time you had Bloodwork, and what was it for?

How old were you the first time you had bloodwork drawn and what was it for? Was bloodwork ever ordered by your pediatrician?

Never had blood drawn as a child. My first time was about 19 when a buddies mom had a c section and needed blood so we all went down and donated. It wasn't a big deal. Having had a triple bypass I've been just about sucked dry by bloodwork.

My first time I was 6 and in kindergarten.

I was always getting sick, and missing a lot of school.

Because my white blood cell was high and my red blood cell count was extremely low, my pedi sent us to a childrens hospital.

A diagnosis of thalesemia was made and that started a twice a year bloodwork at that hospital.

Since then I am still on that twice a year lab work, more often when I am sick.

I don't recall bloodwork during my youth. In my late thirties I started to take my health more seriously and restarted regular visits to my PC, it was then that bloodwork was first ordered for me. More recently, I have elected to have lead level bloodwork twice a year to keep a check on my blood lead levels.

Three weeks old. I had a severe infected collapsed lung and spent 21 days in the hospital after surgery to clear it and remove a small piece. I also had bloodwork done at five years old in connection with a T&A (tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy. I was probably 17 when I had bloodwork done before entering college.

I must have been 9 or 10 years old. I had contracted a mysterious illness which left my doctor puzzled. A few blood tests later, and the illness turned out to be Mononucleosis (Mono for short!) I am quite sure it had not come from actually kissing a boy at that age since boys still had germ and cooties back then. (Boys continued to have cooties until my high school years and most boys still had cooties even then!) As I recall it was a rather embarrassing illness for a 4th grader to have. The doctor kindly explained it very possibly could have come from a drinking fountain probably. The good thing though I remember was missing out on a chunk of the school year and getting non-birthday gifts. I vowed anew to stay away from boys for a long time thereafter! Maybe this Zity obsession I have now is making up for lost time!

I was six and was hospitalized with encephalitis. Had blood drawn twice a day for a week, along with two spinal taps. Quickly lost my fear of needles, out of pure necessity.

I don’t ever remember having blood work unti I was about 18. I wax always a pretty healthy kid. But when 18 I had strep and mono at the same time and they did blood work at the hospital then.

Probably three or four years old I know I was having by five years old for seizure drugs

Never had blood drawn as a child, unless they did it for my tonsillectomy at age 7 (of which I don't remember). The first one I remember was armed forces induction physical for entry into the Marine Corps.

The first time I can remember having bloodwork done was at a pre-employment physical when I was 25. I remember going a week before my scheduled physical to have blood drawn and my bp checked. The results were the first thing the doctor discussed with me when I went back for the physical the following week. I remember the bloodwork he had done was very complete and thorough, like three pages of information. At the time I just thought that was normal. But to this day I've never had such a thorough work-up of my blood.

The first time I had any bloodwork performed was at the age of 21 to check for Rubella antibodies at the start of my nurse training . Incidentally I was the only member of my set to have Rubella antibodies. The last time I had blood drawn was to check for Covid 19 antibodies was July 2020 and no antibodies were found.

RN

Probably about 25 for a standard sexual health checkup, before the neat fingerprick tests we can do now.

I'll guess my first time was around 45 or 50 when I started having heart issues. Now I have it done quarterly and it is no big deal. When I went in for a triple bypass they told me they want a blood sample. I showed him the usual spot and he said "Oh this is different" we want arterial blood. He stuck a long needle between two tendons in my wrist and pushed it down to the bone to hit the artery. It was easily the most painful thing I have had done including the bypass. I would never allow it again. I would tell them you can get it once I am under which is what they did last time.

My first time doing blood work was in my early twenties.

I was 20. Just needed a blood count to see if I had internal bleeding.

Yes had various problems as a kid and the doctor would order a blood tests. I really really hated them.

I had my blood drawn when I was five or six when I had my tonsils out

I don’t recall ever having blood drawn as a kid. The first time I had it done, I was probably about 19 or so, and my cardiologist had ordered it to rule out anemia.

That's one for which I have absolutely no memory whatsoever. Probably before my memories began at age 3, because I had many cleft repairs starting as a baby. Last one age 13.

Eric

I remember having a blood drop taken from the finger tip by the pediatrist when I was little (actually one of my earliest memories), but the first real blood work I remember being done was well beyond 20 years.

N.

I know that I had blood drawn once when I was pretty young (like younger than 8 ). I don’t really remember this but my parents told me that it happened a few years ago. I had blood drawn again when I was in my early teens and at that time I was pretty scared of getting blood drawn so I freaked out a little bit I was ok when they actually did it.

My earliest i can remember is when i was five and my family general doctor found a murmur of my heart, so i was send to the hospital for multiple blood test where a children's cardiologist then found i had a difficult heart syndrome that would eventually end with me having a heart transplant.

Now i get blood tests done every three months to keep track of how my medicine levels are and if i need to take a higher dose or lower it.

I don't remember I was going to doctor all the time before I was 4.