Do You Give Blood

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Silent1 said:

longshot said:

Been to donate today.
Hopefully it will be a nice Christmas present for some little kid out there.

Usual Crawford's biscuits, no crisps but they did have mince pies which was nice.

It's obviously the time of year for it as it was very busy.

Thanks for donating :-)

TY O- bro.

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Gilhooligan said:

Tried to give blood once. They got the needle in and started to extract the blood but pretty soon after my whole arm went hot and prickly and I felt quite light headed. The nurse asked if I was ok, to which I obviously said yes. She then asked me again as apparently I had gone very pale! Told her I felt faint so she pulled the needle out pronto and had the bed tilted to get the blood to my head.

Felt like a right tit, especially as everyone else in there was casually giving blood like it was no big deal. Apparently I should have eaten and drank a bit more before donating. Managed to donate something stupid like 80ml. Still got the donor card and found out that I'm A+. Haven't been back since but have recently signed up as an organ donor to make me feel less guilty!

Edited by Gilhooligan on Tuesday 16th December 23:30

Now you now how to do it properly, you should really give it another go.

Now that I'm an old git it makes me feel dreadful for the next 24 hours but I think it's worth it.