thank ye madam!Originally Posted by emily655321
I've heard of that. Silly people.
I'm digging your avy, Stan.
thank ye madam!I've heard of that. Silly people.
I'm digging your avy, Stan.
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Em its becasue they are finally going to get married!
Yay the blood donation bus is back on Saterday the 15th just after work on my way home
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Stan you should go for your first time, they really seem to be quite grateful that a new potential donor walks in the door, you will be rewarded aplenty with cute nurses and cookies and donuts
Though I know it can seem daunting with all the paperwork and questions. I had to go through some of that again, and you do everytime you go, but when you know what to expect it's less intimidating. The whole procedure takes about 45mins.
Good going Logos... *thumbs up* I envy you...
I love donating blood and I've done it for the first time before four years ago, the year I was 18. since little I always wanted to give blood but my mom wouldn't let me saying that I was too young so I decided to wait till I was 18 and then I could decide for myself, and luckily some 13 days after I was 18 they came to our school to ask 18 year old children donate their blood to help newborn babies that had problems, so I did it... and I was so happy about it... since then I always want to go but I don't have with whom to go and so I just post pone it...but I will definitely do it the moment I have free time...
and Virgil yes you are right, giving blood is very healthy, it does not make your blood thinner but the more blood you give the more you reproduce that is why when someone gives blood often they feel the need to donate regurarly because organism reproducec more blood than you need and it must get out...
I went for my third time today.. and I wasn't able to give a whole unit of blood! only about 3/4.. they said my blood in the needle was starting to clot so it couldn't get down into the tube. Weird.
So I'm wondering if anyone else has gone lately?
I have given blood about 5-6 times (type: B+), and usually find the experience rather interesting. That same occurrence has happened to me, too, Logos - sometimes, especially in a smaller vessel, platelets will aggregate around the internal tubing; luckily, I managed to squeeze out just barely enough for the standard pint amount.
I have not gone in a while to donate more blood recently, unfortunately - perhaps I should go soon - especially with these piercings, I do not really have much of a fear of needles, regardless.
Really?That has never happened to me...
Yep, a couple of weks ago.So I'm wondering if anyone else has gone lately?
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our youth society had a blood donation camp two months back in the church.. that's the last time i donated.. actually the first time i donated...
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I can't give blood and sometimes I feel bad about that and sometimes I don't...I'm not a big fan of needles! I'd like to think I would do it if I could, that I would be able to get over my aversion for needles to do a good deed but as it is, that decision has already been made for me.
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I've donated blood for 17 times, and the feeling is great, to me it's giving part of you to help others in need. Try it, it's really good and you'll feel great after it...
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I did my 4th donation last week, and again! they only got about 350 millilitres instead of the usual 500
I went for my third time today.. and I wasn't able to give a whole unit of blood! only about 3/4.. they said my blood in the needle was starting to clot so it couldn't get down into the tube. Weird.
So I'm wondering if anyone else has gone lately?before my vein just clotted up. Oh well, they still use the blood anyway. I was really faint after this one too.
Idril I'm really squeamish with needles too, I can't stand it when the nurse is poking around on your arm with her finger "trying to find the vein" haha ugh!!!! so I try to look away but my morbid curiosity makes me look. Until the needle is taped in place, covered with gauze and the blood filling the bag I'm really spending all my energy not to leap out of the chair running for the door
Congratulations, Logos - very noble of you! I have thought of donating sometime again soon, too, since I have not added to my pin-cushon-like piercing collection in past years; and I have B-positive type blood, which seems neither rare nor common.I did my 4th donation last week, and again! they only got about 350 millilitres instead of the usual 500
As for the clotting - how strange! Perhaps you just have some really active, healthy platelets, or an abundance.
Nurses perform the blood donations there?! Weird, but perhaps Canada has a bit less of a nursing shortages; usually phlebotomists perform all of the blood donations here.
Ok mono you keep mentioning your piercings, I'm verrry curious as to what kinds you have!?
As far as nurses, I've just assumed that they were all nurses, the ones that question/screen you every time you come in and take your blood pressure and test your hemoglobin are definitely nurses by their name tags, but its possible that the people who do the actual procedure of donation are phlebotomists: though they wear the same type of "uniform" and have badges of some sort, I've never looked that close because by that point when I'm in the chair I'm kinda focusing on the needle instead
Oh, I don't even know my blood group...
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Oh, I went to donate blood for my mother's surgery and they did not take it saying I need to put on more weight and then think of donating. It felt bad.
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