Do you give blood?

huh thats educational...exploding blood, haha like in blade, that would be a sick weapon, well i guess i wasnt properly thinking as there is also cycle-celled anemia, tht also has nothing to do with iron, so ur right and i wasnt thinkin right, but lets not de-rail the thread

ill put it back by saying im gonna give blood again soon actually...for school
 
I have a buddy who has given blood. I also gave blood last week, so yeah.

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I don't donate blood. My excuse is not a good one. I'm simply afraid to do so.

Needles scare me. Badly.
Blood scares me. Badly.

Combining the two doesn't do much to put me at ease. In fact, I've been known to run away from needle administering doctors on more than one occasion.

You'll seldom hear someone say they enjoy needles. My fear runs a little deeper than just not liking them. I downright fear them. I shake violently, sweat, and become light-headed when faced with HAVING to have blood taken. Pathetic? A little, I guess. Either way, it prevents me from willingly donating blood.
 
I have, but I have horror stories of my own to make me not quite wanna do it again until of course I'm rotund. Why? Well I try to eat a decent breakfast every morning but the blood drive comes around here early (8:00ish), so the last time I gave blood they couldn't get enough out of me.

So they tried to up the counts.. and of course leading me to throwing up since my blood sugar was low. Almost like a diabetic... so I will give blood, and don't mind needles - just gotta wait till i'm done with this entire marathon thing.
 
Yes i'm a blood donor, i do it everytime i go downtown to see my grandparents. Speaking of i'm going this weekend so i'lll be doing it then, i still don't know what my blood type is lol. I'm gonna ask when i do it this weekend. Oh i was afraid of needles at one point but i got over that when i was 12, i don't know why i was ever afraid of them to begin with.
 
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I have a childhood fear of needles that still hasn't disappeared. I remember screaming everytime I had to be near needles, or anything sharp. I think it's more of a fear of sharp objects rather than needles in particular starting from an accident I experienced when I was five. Of course, I'm not as scared of needles as I was then, but I still cringe at the thought.

I want to be able to donate blood to someone one day though- especially if it means I can save someone's life. I know my blood is type O. Then again the thought of a sample of blood being drained from me makes me cringe as well. As you can see, I'm really not a brave person........
 
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I don't donate blood. My excuse is not a good one. I'm simply afraid to do so.

Needles scare me. Badly.
Blood scares me. Badly.

Combining the two doesn't do much to put me at ease. In fact, I've been known to run away from needle administering doctors on more than one occasion.

You'll seldom hear someone say they enjoy needles. My fear runs a little deeper than just not liking them. I downright fear them. I shake violently, sweat, and become light-headed when faced with HAVING to have blood taken. Pathetic? A little, I guess. Either way, it prevents me from willingly donating blood.
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actually that is much more common than one would assume...

Belonephobia- Fear of pins and needles. (Aichmophobia)
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thus proving it is seen in several individuals, and also i have a cousin with the exact same problem, however extends even to things such as thunbtacks
 
I admire those who donate blood, since it is incredibly important, and mainly because I doubt I will ever donate blood myself.

I have the most atrocious fear of needles, I don't even like thinking about them. I've had my blood taken twice, and each time I had to be restrained to the chair so I couldn't move at all cause I just thrashed around too much ><

So while I think giving blood is fantastic, it's not for me.
 
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Anyway I have never given blood and I've been told I can't because anyone with tattoos is apparently not allowed to.

Also my dad was in living in London when Mad Cow Disease broke out apparently before I was born. So he can't give blood and neither can his children.

So I have to legitimate reasons as to why I can not give blood.

I really don't like the whole needle getting shoved in the vein idea. I always feel faintish whenever I slightly injure my wrists on the sticky tape dispenser at work and they bleed a bit or anything. I hate the idea of someone ripping open one of my veins. It just sounds so horrible. :gonk:

I've never had a blood test for anything either. I wish I knew what blood type I was. >_<

But even if I was allowed to give blood, I don't think I could do it. =/

Bless the people who are brave enough to though.
 
I've never donated any. I'm simply too scared.
My school had a blood drive a few weeks ago, and only one A- gave blood. My friend who has A- and I were feeling quite guilty (positive rhesus is very rare where I live). I'm quite fine with needles and much the same with blood, but I'm just so against the idea of a bag of blood going out of me through a needle.
One day, I'll force myself to give them.
 
I don't donate blood but I would have no problem doing so, needles don't bother me whatsoever and neither am a I scared at the sight of blood so that doesn't bother me either. You have to admire people who do donate blood though because they're doing it for a very good cause, I've just never been totally bothered about it. Plus, it would be a total inconvenience because of where I live.
 
I gave blood once, it was a five hour experience in total. The woman poked me four times, finally getting it in. And when she finally did, she forgot to take it out, got side tracked I guess, and when it came time to save me from fainting and taking the needle out of me they couldn't get the damn thing out. -_-

So i fainted, and passed out for the rest of school. It was an awful experience.

I gave blood last week as well. I don't mind helping another. I just don't go to the "blood trailers" that come to schools and such. I go to red cross, they know what they're doing. XD
 
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