I've donated blood twice in my life. Once as a senior in high school, and once a few months later in my Freshman year. The thing about donating blood is that I have to set aside a huge chunk of time to do it . .time I rarely have. You gotta read the materials, wait in line to get checked, wait in line to donate, etc. And the whole concept of needles usually makes me a little squimish anyway, and I've gotten a little lightheaded both times I've donated. But each time I sign up to do it, I get all hyped up, even though I'm quite nervous about how my body will respond.
Okay, so in the past two years, I've been to two blood drives. I'd try to go to more, but you know . .the whole time issue. Anyway, both times my iron count was too low was I was ineligible to donate. So, I got all hyped up . ..just to be turned away.
Then comes today. I have time to donate; I'm gonna do it this time, and by golly my iron count will be within the eligible range. Surprisingly, I wasn't really nervous today .. .perhaps because of all my blood work and vaccinations I've had recently for my mission. Gosh darn it, I'm gonna save a life! Yeah. I only had to wait half an hour in line today, and hoorah! My ir
on count was great! So, I answered all the health question form, but alas . .. I still could not donate. =( I've had a Hep B vaccination in the last three weeks.Stinky.
Apparently, I'm better at supporting the Red Cross by running 5Ks instead. =)
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Yeah, and if you go foregin, you might not be able to donate for awhile after that, either.
Bummer. Oh well, you tried.
Haha. Sad day. I guess it's the thought that counts. Today I got a call from the Red Cross asking me to donate at the next blood drive. I guess it's been long enough since I last donated.
I donated blood on Wednesday. Apparently I have problem veins and/or the guy didn't know what he was doing. He had to have someone come over to do something (dig the needle around?) to start the blood flowing. And, I came away with an ache in my arm that I've never had before in donating blood! And then when he has to fill the little vials up from the main line with a transfer thingy, that didn't work and he had to switch to another one. And, he dropped the first one on the floor and had blood contaminants!!
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