"Fear and trepidation "

It was with fear and trepidation that I approached the surgery I arrived on time and was seen by the nurse who was about to commit the dastardly deed of removing blood from my arm fortunately it was a painless experience and I was given a wad of cotton wool to stop any unnecessary bleeding which was later taped to my arm which was rather fortuitous as I have a paranoid fear of my own blood The nurse assured me that everything was fine and requested that I should leave go home and lie down to get over the experience but all in all and joking apart as pleasant experience as was possible under the circumstances