Do you give blood?

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James' fault, he made me think of this one with his post in that other thread 8F

Anyway, this is something Ive not done, I hate having blood taken never mind donating loads of it, I know I dont have any special blood type so I don't feel TOO guilty..you can do what you want to me when Im dead, but I cant stomach having them whopping needles to take blood, it knocks me sick

Though, I DID narrowly escape a blood transfusion myself once while I was pregnant, something or other with my red blood cells was dangerously low and I was really anemic - and I wondered why I couldn't breath and was almost passing out all over the shop xD I was eating iron tablets after that like they were going out of fashion ¬_¬

So, I guess that would make me a hypocrite really, Id of taken the blood, but Im too much of a shit bag to donate it :gonk:

My friend used to donate once a month, she's braver than me
 
Ive never given blood, Im too much of a weep. I hate needles with a HUGE passion and Ive been close to giving blood afew years back in college. But I freaked and backed out. I just cant do it.
 
My blood type is O-Negative, which means that is a very good idea for me to give out blood. I have only done it once but I am certain it won't be the last time. It wasn't that bad, I felt good after doing it. =) Though the needle did scare me and hey, it doesn't cost me a thing. Its a bit hard around here to find places to give out blood or perhaps its just that I haven't found a place.
The only time when I have given out blood was when there was a blood drive in my school and that was last year.
 
i have twice. :yay: I even got a phone call saying my blood saved someone's life.

Makes me want to do it as much as possible now. I think it's a very worthwhile thing to do.And I'm afraid of needles, so i managed to conquer a fear at the same time.
 
funny irony we were disscussing this in the sb

Well i absolutely LOATHE needles ENTIRELY! however i still give blood on a regular basis, or whenever i can. My blood type is O- so basically anyone can take my blood, and i mean absolutely anyone, however it is also the most common blood type, but i still feel good about myself when i donate because one donation can save 3 lives, just amazing we can do that by being stabbed by a needle.

And for those that have not and are afraid of the needle hurting, well there are three kinds of doctors...Good, Normal, And bad. A good doctor is skilled so that the needle will not make any feeling as it goes in, you wont even feel a push. a normal doctor will make a small pinch, but nothing bad enough to flinch about. A bad doctor will hurt like hell, and you will just have to suck it up, however there are not too many of them.

But when dnating it is important to do as they say and drink the juice and eat the cookie...but one more note...

I BLEED OUT 1 PINT OF MY BLLOD AND ALL YOU GIVE ME IS ONE DANG COOKIE AND A CAPRISON!!!! lol couldnt resist
 
It made me want to hurl just reading about the good normal and bad doctors

I'm hoping the fact that I've had anemia will give me a get out of jail free card tbh, so if it ever came up and I actually plucked up the courage they'd say do not want 8F

Though alas, I think that's just wishful thinking, I'm a shit bag, that and alot of pregnant women end up with anemia at some point, mine was just worse than it should have been

Maybe one day, if I'm brave enough.... I think I'd pass out though and show myself up <_<
 
I've donated blood for almost ten years now, it's pretty routine and the needle hurts a bit when it goes in, but otherwise it's always been fine for me.
 
ah well animia will get you out of it but kelly...i dont mean to e meam but grow a pair lol, i did, ur turn
 
I gave birth and had my lady bits scalpelled open without pain relief, naff off -__-
 
i did not know that...well then a simple needle poke soud be nothin lol well nvm me
 
Bambi said:
I'm hoping the fact that I've had anemia will give me a get out of jail free card tbh, so if it ever came up and I actually plucked up the courage they'd say do not want 8F
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That actually did happen to me. :monster:

I hate needles with a passion actually but I got one of those emails for a blood drive at work. I decided to brave the needle this time around and signed up. When I got down there, they pricked my finger to test my blood and then said "Sorry, you're anemic. We can't take your blood." I never realized you could get rejected for a blood donation. >_> I also didn't know I was anemic. Ah, well. They gave me a free t-shirt anyway. :awesome:
 
I used to be terribly afraid of needles and shots before I came to college. I even sometimes got on the verge of tears before they even stuck the needle in my arm. It was only on one occasion that I realized that needles didn't hurt me that much anymore. It was when I had to give some blood so the doctors could test me for diabetes (which I thankfully don't have). They had to stick the damned needle in my arm about five times before we realized I was just dehydrated, and a cup of water later they finally struck blood.

I realized it didn't even hurt really, and on a whim my freshman year of college, I decided to give blood. Now, I donate blood about once every couple of months. I even signed up for a blood drive taking place at my college next week. I have a O+ blood type, so I'm not sure how useful it is, but I give it away nonetheless. The thing is that I'm not sure I give blood to be helpful, but because I find it somehow amusing to have a sack of my blood right next to me. I sort of want to take a pack of my blood home with me. <_<
 
If they took your blood whilst anemic you'd probably need a transfusion yourself afterwards 8F

Im SURE it's summat to do with oxygen in your blood, or not having enough red blood cells to get the oxygen around.....

And Squee, you'd think so, I can have injections fine, but when it comes to having blood taken, it makes me go green, I can just feel myself wanting to pass out and vomit all over the show, I dunno what it is about it, it's just....grim I hate it so much :gonk:

It makes me ill just thinking about it :sad:
 
no oxygen is a different thing than anemia, anemia is with iron. if u r anemic then u do not have sufficiant iron in your blood to give it away. Hemogloben deals with oxygen...idk how i know this but i do
 
i can't donate blood because of the low amount of iron i have. i'm not anemic, but i have just enough to not be considered as such. i do have to take iron pills and multivitamins, though. i doubt i would donate blood much even if i could because i ain't all about needles, but if it was a dire emergency, well... D:
 
i think maybe the only people that are too comfortable with needles dont give blood for one reason...they use the needles to shoot up but i realize this is a stereotypical assumption, but i cant help my way of thinking
 
I don't give blood now... but I would like to. You need a parent's consent at the school blood drives here, and my grandmother won't let me give blood, but when I can consent for myself, I most definitely will. I hate needles, and actually screamed last time I had to have an IV put in, but I'm going to get over it. I think giving blood is a really great thing to do, and if you can... well, why not? Quite a few of my family members have had to have blood transfusions, and when I think that they could be dead right now if it wasn't for blood donors... well... it makes me want to give blood just a little bit more. Screw my fear of needles, I'll get over it.
 
Well I don't have a big problem with needles or anything like that. So long as I don't look anyway...which I don't. Some people get kicks out of watching their insides forcefully removed. Like the wacko's who take home a kidney in a jar. XD

Anyway. I don't mind needles, but I've never given blood. It's a bit strange, thinking about that since I have no issue with it. It sounds pretty bad, I guess it is, but any blood drive is so out of the way I usually don't bother. I don't want to go halfway across town getting stressed out by the maniac drivers just to stick a needle in a vein. I guess I'm one of those people who needs a friend to convince me in to remove myself from my usual routine.

Seriously, haha. I always go, "Huh...Blood Drive is at school." Then I shrug, get in my car, and go home. XD

If its any consolation, when I die I'll donate my body to science. Partially because other people will do it for me. Procrastination and laziness king right here.
 
I've been forcing myself to look when they do have to poke me (which has been a lot lately, unfortunately). It's usually not as bad as it seems. It's just the notion that grosses me out; except the last time I had to draw blood, the lady couldn't really get it to come out because I was dehydrated from being sick. She was moving the needle back and forth and in and out (when I told her it started to hurt). *shudder*
 
Squee said:
no oxygen is a different thing than anemia, anemia is with iron. if u r anemic then u do not have sufficiant iron in your blood to give it away. Hemogloben deals with oxygen...idk how i know this but i do
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Not necessarily. I have a form of anemia that has nothing to do with iron. G6PD-deficiency. Basically, if I eat the wrong types of food or take the wrong kind of medicine in high enough doses, my red blood cells start exploding.

And it's because of that that I can't give blood. The Red Cross doesn't really want exploding blood.
 
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