Do you give blood?

[Bkeela]

Since I'm a straight person who never gets laid, I feel it my duty to give blood.

[Zkribbler]

Yeah, I remember filling out the form -- no wild sex, no drugs, no travel -- gad, what a boring life.

[Donegeal]

I have. About 5 times I think. But I haven't done so in about 10 years.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I started donating in college, 25 years ago. I generally give twice a year, unless I've done something to disqualify myself (like take anti-malaria medicine, which knocks out your eligibilty for quite a while). I'm donating again in about 10 days, at the blood drive at my daughter's school.

One fun part about doniting is that I have a really strong heart rate, so I tend to fill the bag in about half the expected time; once that needle goes in, it's like somebody turned on a tap. Always stuns the nurses.

And I'm O+ -- not quite a universal donor, but the next best thing.

Donating blood.

[Spiffor]

I wish but I've always been to lazy or terrified for that.

[chequita guevara]

I like giving blood, but I find I am exhausted until just before it's time to give blood again. So I stopped. I need to be able to go up and down stairs.

[Mrs. Tuberski]

I have never been able to give blood. I have tried and never been able to. Apparently my veins are to small. I tried it when i was trying to donate to my ex father in law when he had leukeima.

[DAVOUT]

Originally posted by Kuciwalker
I find the idea of my blood being sucked out through a needle absolutely terrifying.

Less terrifying than having a family member or close friend in need of blood, which can happen anytime.

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Kuciwalker
I find the idea of my blood being sucked out through a needle absolutely terrifying.

*****.

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
I like giving blood, but I find I am exhausted until just before it's time to give blood again. So I stopped. I need to be able to go up and down stairs.

Really? I've never noticed any effects beyond the day of.

And the only time I noticed anything even the day of was when I tried to run for a bus ~20 minutes after donating. I caught the bus, then practically fainted/puked.

[germanos]

Originally posted by Kuciwalker
I find the idea of my blood being sucked out through a needle absolutely terrifying.

It probably won't diminish your fear, but there is absolutely no sucking involved. Your body pumps out the blood itself.

[KrazyHorse]

Maybe he should stop worrying about it and get a ****ing backbone.

Come on, skywalker. It's time to give a little back for all the bathrooms you had growing up.

[Solly]

Originally posted by Provost Harrison


If I'd ever had gay sex, I would strongly suspect that it would have been since 1977

That's a long session!

[GePap]

I have been donating on and off since college. IN the last two years I have donated about 6 times.

I hyave never felt any adverse effects beyond some lightheadedness. A couple of times I have gone to donate I was rejected either fo having a slight temperature, and once for going to donate before I was allowed to again. It seems when you donate double amounts of any one thing (in my case red blood cells), you have to wait 4 months instead of 2 before donating again. Becauze of that I may not donate double portions again, be it red blood cells, plasma, or platelets, even though of course that is probably one of the most valuable types of donations. I just didn't like the machine they used, which pumps back in what they don't want, and it takes twice as long, plus you have to keep relaxing and contracting your muscles depending on whether the machine is taking out or putting back in blood.

[Starchild]

I really enjoy the feeling of giving blood for bloodtests and stuff like that. But since I'd done naughty things with men's bottoms in the UKwhile eating british beef, they won't let my give blood in this part of the industrial world.

which is a pity, cause I'd probably like it