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01 Jul 18
Originally posted by @wolfgang59Mad Cow? Isn't that the deadly "Foot in Mouth" disease?
I'd never considered that giving blood was more than saving lives.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-44641257
Used to give once ot twice a year in UK but unfortunately NZ do not want
my precious "universal donor" because it may be tainted with mad cow.
Do you give?
😛
But seriously, by all means...please donate. It truly saves lives. One never knows. The next trauma patient could be you, or a loved one.
01 Jul 18
Originally posted by @wolfe63Just in case you don't know
Mad Cow? Isn't that the deadly "Foot in Mouth" disease?
😛
But seriously, by all means...please donate. It truly saves lives. One never knows. The next trauma patient could be you, or a loved one.
mad cow = Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
A disease which was prevalent in UK cattle in the late 80s/early 90s.
Spread to humans by eating contaminated meat.
01 Jul 18
Originally posted by @lemondropWell done.
I started donating after the Loma Prieta earthquake in 1989
so far 44 pints
it's one of the few good things I've done
I started at Uni (because my mates did) - I was a bit squeamish at first.
Then my employer had a blood donor day each year - allocating a
room and allowing staff the time to give - so that was easy.
When I became self-employed it was too easy to keep putting it off until next week.
So I averaged 1 or 2 donations a year.
02 Jul 18
Originally posted by @wolfgang59Used to do it regularly (A+) but my veins are particularly difficult to get blood from, so eventually they asked me not to visit unless they put out a specific call for my blood type. I'm signed up to the "take everything" on the organ donor registry too. Nothing for me to give, everything for someone who may be in need to receive.
I'd never considered that giving blood was more than saving lives.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-44641257
Used to give once ot twice a year in UK but unfortunately NZ do not want
my precious "universal donor" because it may be tainted with mad cow.
Do you give?
02 Jul 18
Originally posted by @wolfgang59409 so far.
I'd never considered that giving blood was more than saving lives.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-44641257
Used to give once ot twice a year in UK but unfortunately NZ do not want
my precious "universal donor" because it may be tainted with mad cow.
Do you give?
02 Jul 18
Originally posted by @kewpieI have never been asked to give blood but as Kewpie, I have signed up on the organ donor registry for "transplantation and other medical purposes".
Used to do it regularly (A+) but my veins are particularly difficult to get blood from, so eventually they asked me not to visit unless they put out a specific call for my blood type. I'm signed up to the "take everything" on the organ donor registry too. Nothing for me to give, everything for someone who may be in need to receive.
02 Jul 18
Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-duke409
"A pint? Have you gone raving mad? I mean, I came here in all good faith, to help my country. I don't mind giving a reasonable amount, but a pint? Why, that's very nearly an armful!"
(Hancock)
you would have to drain his body 50 times