Having Veins (and other simple pleasures) Normal fit American female here. (I know, it sounds like an oxymoron now). Every time, and I mean EVERY TIME, I have bloodwork done now at any location (I have hypothyroidism + the annual doctor checkups)...the first comment is always, "Oh great veins!", simply because they are easily visible and accessible. It's always followed by a story about how nurses have such trouble accessing veins now on account of all the fatness and diseased bodies.  The standards are rapidly lowering every day. Unite, humans, for there are apparently few of us left.