Blood Donation

[sonofsanta]

My record is something like 4m15s to squeeze that pint out, I'm determined to get below 4 minutes. It'll be my Roger Bannister moment.

 

3m39

 

(pint #22, it turns out)

[SpuffMonkey]

I'm barred and have been since I had an op back in 2001 and they don't know whether the blood I received was contaminated with "mad cow" disease - great! My missus has just been barred too after finding she has a bone marrow abnormality - so 2 less regular donors - sad really

[ButterflyMoon]

As someone who has had several transfusions both blood and iron infusions thank you all so much!! Without them I dread to think where I would be today. I am A+ with antibodies so cannot give blood either but so wish I could cause I know what it did for me getting my donated blood.

[laserblazer]

He donated his armful, went to get up and passed out.

 

Same thing happened to me when I was an apprentice in the RAF. I remember getting off the bed and walking towards the table with the tea and biscuits. Came around in a hospital bed! I had measles and the blood-letting aggravated it. Took months to fully recover and I've never given any since.

[CESIL]

So, I gave blood on Monday and was all bled in 5m 6s, it was just the 45 minute wait on arrival that was a bit of a pain!

 

As for "take the plaster off in 6 hours", stuff that, I keep it on for work the next day just so I can show off my blood giving and try to shame some of the wusses here into donating.