Needles

I have been feeling pretty low energetically the last few months - I know I'm busy blah blah blah but this is not normal I-do-too-much tiredness. I have been doing way to much for years and still have a pretty limited need for sleep...by nature I'm a night owl and it isn't strange for me to sleep for just a few hours pretty often. I know this is bad for me (and my cortisol levels...please reference the sumo wrestler entry for cortisol info) but I have always felt fine going on minimal sleep.  These days, however, I have been tired in the morning no matter how many hours I slept....3, 6, 8, 10....they all feel the same. I have been hitting the snooze button for the first time in my life and I don't like it one bit.
So I went to the doctor and am officially being sent to get my thyroid, iron, etc checked out. Now, anyone who knows me knows that needles and I do not get along. In fact, I am afraid of them second only to bees. The last needle I had to get was in the hospital and they had to move me to a private room (well - I'm pretty sure it was actually a storage closet) because I was sobbing so hysterically that I was making a complete fool of myself.
I was talking to my friend Amy about it today and she actually had an interesting perspective that no one has really given be before....in slightly different words she pretty much said "suck it up princess - get over it, this is not a real problem". It made me thoughtful because she's totally right - although fear is legitimate of course, sometimes you need to just recognize that it's an unfounded fear and suck it the heck up. I'm going to go get the stupid blood test because I feel like poo, and I'm going to try my best to follow Amy's considerate advice. Maybe I'll video tape it...then I would be too embarrassed to freak out (or we'll end up with a rad video....either way is good?)