Thank you for the tips! I really wish more people took the time to give people like me advice, if you can do things to prepare for blood draws it's a lot less scary.

I hadn't heard of drinking water before a draw before, I'll make sure to do that next time! I almost certainly would've been dehydrated the last time I had a draw and I remember it hurting way worse than usual.

That's crazy that plain coffee could do that to you, I wonder why that happened?

Thanks, same to you!