giving blood

do you?

blood people are coming around my way pretty soon, my blood's pretty rare so i always try to give when i can... was refused last time though, who knew they didn't accept it when you had been outside the 'western world' in the past 12 months?

picky little buggers.

Originally posted by trev33
do you?

blood people are coming around my way pretty soon, my blood's pretty rare so i always try to give when i can... was refused last time though, who knew they didn't accept it when you had been outside the 'western world' in the past 12 months?

picky little buggers.

I started donating when I was 18. A liter a year until I turned 23 and was diagnosed with cancer ... they didn't want my blood anymore. Now I am almost 41 and the cancer never returned and I think my blood could have saved some.

Originally posted by Kegge
I started donating when I was 18. A liter a year until I turned 23 and was diagnosed with cancer ... they didn't want my blood anymore. Now I am almost 41 and the cancer never returned and I think my blood could have saved some.

Originally posted by Kegge
I started donating when I was 18. A liter a year until I turned 23 and was diagnosed with cancer ... they didn't want my blood anymore. Now I am almost 41 and the cancer never returned and I think my blood could have saved some.

Originally posted by ich bin im Kopf weg
I'm afraid of needles 🙁 I had a fit when they did a blood test last year and punched the nurse.........sorry if you're out there.

Originally posted by trev33
do you?

blood people are coming around my way pretty soon, my blood's pretty rare so i always try to give when i can... was refused last time though, who knew they didn't accept it when you had been outside the 'western world' in the past 12 months?

picky little buggers.

Originally posted by jimslyp69
I've taken it the bum so I am stricken off the list. Apologies to all that I could have saved.

I'm one of those big guys who almost faints when I give blood, or when the doctor requires it for testing.
I'm not scared of the needles, it's the fear of blood coming out of me.
So when it happens I don't look.

Yet, when I get cut I suck on the wound.

You can't realize how valuable it is. No one likes being stuck, but the pain is really pretty minor and short-lived (most headaches are worse and longer-lasting). Day in and day out the blood banks and hospitals struggle to fill the need only to get slammed with some local or national disaster (think Haiti).

Three things that work for me: at the start ask for an ice pack behind your neck, don't squeeze too hard or too often on the rubber grip thing-a-bobby in your hand, drink a ton of water before you go.

Originally posted by trev33
do you?

blood people are coming around my way pretty soon, my blood's pretty rare so i always try to give when i can... was refused last time though, who knew they didn't accept it when you had been outside the 'western world' in the past 12 months?

picky little buggers.

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Mine happens to be... universal donor type. Cool, huh?



😀

There's a new thread idea:

If you needed a transfusion, would you take GB's blood? Discuss.

Originally posted by trev33
o neg or pos?

i've looked into this quite a bit in the past.. i'm o neg and only 7-8% of the population is that blood type, only one rarer is ab neg with 1-2%. but i can give my blood to anyone who is in the neg group but i can any receive blood from my own o neg group should i ever need it... basically it sucks to be me if i ever need a blood transfusion.

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
O/Rh Positive. Any good?