Do you give blood?

I see no reason that people who are physically able to give blood don't. Yet so many people don't and there is always a shortage of blood (this has been a lecture and public service announcement from LuckyStripe).....

I'm going to give blood tomorrow.

Are you afraid of needles? I'm not... used to be at one point but I got over that.

 

Im terrified of needles but if I could give blood I definately would... but because I cant I totally wanna hug everybody that does lol

 

Can't! Apparently I'm too exotic for the U.S. Red Cross.

 

i can't
i'm anaemic, damn iron

 

I've never given blood, but I would in a heartbeat if I needed to for my family or friends.

Heck, when they take my blood for routine labwork I must look pretty peaked because the nurses are always looking at me all freaked out saying "Are you okay? Are you sure?" And I know I feel all cold-like, really light-headed, like the room is swaying.

It doesn't bother me all that much, I think I'm more afraid of passing out than anything else.

But like I said, if it came down to one of my family or friends, I'd do it in a second to help them out. I must give my props to those (like yourself) who do it regardless.

 

hell fucking no. not only am I deathly afraid of needles, just the sight of them makes me cringe, but the red cross doesn't pay me for it so fuck em.

 

I gave blood for the first, and last time, when I was 18. I was sick for two weeks afterward, to the point where I was hospitalized. My body just can't afford to give blood.

I wish I could though...I have a rare blood type.

 

thats cuz you don't eat enough meat to get the iron you need to replace it. sorry, but thats probably closer to the truth than you wanted to hear. I'll just move along and shut up now.

 

I'm not anemic, actually...I've been tested many times for it.

 

everytime i planned to give blood - when my school had blood drives - something always came up and i wasn't able to give blood

 

the last 3 times i went in, i was sent away for being sick. pfft. they're gonna have to wait for my blood till after my girls graduate college, then. but it's O-Neg, and they're always calling me up to donate.

 

What's your blood type Annie? Mine is O+...universal donor. I really should donate, I guess I'm just afraid to. Worried about passing out in the chair. :&

 

then smack my mouth and call me clyde.

 

Wow... I'm really surprized that so many of you are unable to give blood. I didnt realize they were so picky at the Red Cross and such places....

 

actually, o-negative is the universal donor, since it has no antigens whatsoever. basically that means that the only people i can receive blood from are o-negatives, however, my blood can be given to anyone. o-positive blood can be given to anyone with the positive next to their blood type: A+, B+, AB+, O+.

got an education in that when i was hospitalized with kai. lol. i remembered way too much.

 

AB and Rh negative.

 

Ohhh, I see! Well whoever told me that I was a universal donor was full of it then!

 

yea, i can't give for 12 months according to the site, because of my tattoo

and all the other times, i was hopped up on antibiotics and a bunch of other crap

 

I have given blood in the past, but I haven't passed the "iron test" in a long time. The one where they drop your blood in a vial and it has to sink in a certain amount of time...

I had iron issues during my last pregancy and nearly had to have a transfusion...

I am A+

 

it's an easy mistake to make. but your blood type would come in incredibly handy anyway. i've been in high demand for years, but since i've had my babies, i've had one virus after another and i get sent away. it really chaps their asses to do it, too. lol. ah, well, they'll get me next time. my dad has given gallons and gallons of blood over his 70 years on this earth, he's AB+ and they never get enough of him.