Do You Give Blood
Discussion
andym1603 said:
Shortbread, Tuc, Digestives and Taxi biscuits were the offerings today.
What are these tilty chairs you speak of? Still using beds up here.
You sit in it like a normal(ish) chair while they prepare you and then they recline you to around 45 degrees when they drain you.What are these tilty chairs you speak of? Still using beds up here.
It supposed to cut down on fainters I think.
RicksAlfas said:
Off topic, and don't laugh at me, but what I found weird when he had is transfusion is that they pump the new stuff in, but don't take any of the old stuff out! So, it's not like an oil change...
You'd need about 10 bags to do a full change on an adult. But sometimes you do need to reduce the volume inside the body to make room for the new stuff other wise the blood pressure goes up. The nurses get cross if transfusing patients explode.I gave blood years ago in Sydney (AUS) at their central place. It had a few lovely features:
No appointment, just turn up and take a ticket like at the post office.
Emergency services workers in uniform could jump the queue.
Food/sweet companies used to turn up and ask you to test their new products while you were waiting.
A buffet after donating which I remember included hot dogs and fruit salad.
It was a great way to get a free lunch
Sadly due to also being a mad cow I cant give blood here (NL), but if I go home to Brum I try and pop in to the donation place in the town centre where you can turn up without an appt.
A+ (a bit common really).
I've been doing it on and of since 1968. Mine's A RH Negative, I just read this about me...
Characteristics that can be scientifically proved or observed (of people with RH Negative blood):
larger than average head size
low blood pressure
low pulse rate
extra vertebrae or rib
high IQ
heightened senses, including vision
cannot be cloned
light colored hair, mostly red or reddish,
light colored eyes (blue, green or greenish brown eyes)
sensitive to sun and heat
often are healers
body scars that cannot be explained
often have empathetic illnesses
O/H is laughing her head off!
Characteristics that can be scientifically proved or observed (of people with RH Negative blood):
larger than average head size
low blood pressure
low pulse rate
extra vertebrae or rib
high IQ
heightened senses, including vision
cannot be cloned
light colored hair, mostly red or reddish,
light colored eyes (blue, green or greenish brown eyes)
sensitive to sun and heat
often are healers
body scars that cannot be explained
often have empathetic illnesses
O/H is laughing her head off!
Riley Blue said:
I've been doing it on and of since 1968. Mine's A RH Negative, I just read this about me...
Characteristics that can be scientifically proved or observed (of people with RH Negative blood):
larger than average head size
low blood pressure
low pulse rate
extra vertebrae or rib
high IQ
heightened senses, including vision
cannot be cloned
light colored hair, mostly red or reddish,
light colored eyes (blue, green or greenish brown eyes)
sensitive to sun and heat
often are healers
body scars that cannot be explained
often have empathetic illnesses
Where did you read that? (The previous page of this thread perhaps? )Characteristics that can be scientifically proved or observed (of people with RH Negative blood):
larger than average head size
low blood pressure
low pulse rate
extra vertebrae or rib
high IQ
heightened senses, including vision
cannot be cloned
light colored hair, mostly red or reddish,
light colored eyes (blue, green or greenish brown eyes)
sensitive to sun and heat
often are healers
body scars that cannot be explained
often have empathetic illnesses
Yep, not many times (about 12 I think) as I started late in life (after some colleagues bullied me into going along one day), but regularly since then.
It's pretty painless, takes a few minutes out of your life 4 or 5 times a year and might save someone's life.
Everyone should, if they can, imo.
Mine's pretty common stuff, but actually that's what they often need the most!
M.
It's pretty painless, takes a few minutes out of your life 4 or 5 times a year and might save someone's life.
Everyone should, if they can, imo.
Mine's pretty common stuff, but actually that's what they often need the most!
M.
I was looking online at drug trials to see just how much you get for them (up to 3,500 quid for a month fyi) and one company doing the trails was also taking 400ml of blood for tests, and for that 400ml, you could get 30 british sterling.
I have to give blood every 6 weeks and sometimes between that aswell, but it doesnt go into another person
it goes to a lab(unrelated to the above text I might add).
no one would want my blood.
just wondering, why can you not give blood if you have had a blood transfusion? I thought the blood that they give people was clean so dont see the issue?
I have to give blood every 6 weeks and sometimes between that aswell, but it doesnt go into another person
it goes to a lab(unrelated to the above text I might add).no one would want my blood.
just wondering, why can you not give blood if you have had a blood transfusion? I thought the blood that they give people was clean so dont see the issue?
Slink said:
I was looking online at drug trials to see just how much you get for them (up to 3,500 quid for a month fyi) and one company doing the trails was also taking 400ml of blood for tests, and for that 400ml, you could get 30 british sterling.
I have to give blood every 6 weeks and sometimes between that aswell, but it doesnt go into another person it goes to a lab(unrelated to the above text I might add).
no one would want my blood.
just wondering, why can you not give blood if you have had a blood transfusion? I thought the blood that they give people was clean so dont see the issue?
It is as clean as they can be sure of which is unfortunately not the same as guaranteed never to have anything in - as good as possible is almost, but not quite, 100%. The problem points tend to be things like a donor with a very early HIV infection not yet diagnosable, and - historically now I hope - CJD and vCJD. I have to give blood every 6 weeks and sometimes between that aswell, but it doesnt go into another person
it goes to a lab(unrelated to the above text I might add).no one would want my blood.
just wondering, why can you not give blood if you have had a blood transfusion? I thought the blood that they give people was clean so dont see the issue?
Once someone's been transfused you can't fully know their medical history, not properly, and so it's that tiny bit harder to be really absolutely sure that they haven't been exposed to anything.
Lippitt said:
Yep. B positive here so common as muck
Not common at all actuallyblood website said:
Group B positive blood is extremely valuable - less than 8% of the population possess this particular group. Matching supply to demand is a constant challenge - we rarely have more than a few days supply of B positive in stock.
All blood is suitable for donating unless you answer yes to some questions:
http://www.blood.co.uk/can-i-give-blood/
http://www.blood.co.uk/can-i-give-blood/
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