Do You Give Blood

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I notice that the Blood Transfusion Sevice are having a bit of a push at the moment to get more people donating so, as this is a website with a huge following I'd thought I'd ask the question, do you give blood, did you once give blood and don't now or is there a reason you can't.

I'd add a poll but I don't know how.

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Dunclane said:

I signed up last year but haven't given any yet. I should do though as I am O Neg

I'm O neg too.
I thought is was really common and din't go very often. I go as often as I can now.

Now you can make an appointment, you can be in and out in 30 to 40 minutes.

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Dunclane said:

Right I'm booked in for the 21st Jan!

Top man!

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fk me, I'm playing at it.
I'm only on 20 or 25. Can't remember.

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Anyone been on the new tilty chairs yet?

I went on one last time I gave. A bit weird but nicer than the bunk beds.

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monthefish said:

Used to (religiously) but the attitude and staffing levels of the 'donation' centres really annoys me, and after one particularly bad incident, I haven't been back.

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I notice that the Blood Transfusion Sevice are having a bit of a push at the moment to get more people donating

This really, really annoys me. In my area, the events are grossly oversubscribed with very long waiting times, so instead of plugging the budget into advertising (with a success rate of probably less than 0.1%) they should be directing the budget towards actually getting the donations from those who already willing.

Make an appointment, then you can jump the queue. You can complain while you're donating lol.

I'm curious what the bad incident was.
When I donated for the first time, they missed the vein and left me there with this huge needle stuck in my arm tissue, in absolute agony for about 20 minutes, squeezing like fk with only a trickle of blood coming out.
Only when they saw how little blood had come out did they realise what had happened.
It was such a releif when they took it out.

I did forgive them though.

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Until you go back, you won't know if they have "sorted themselves out" or not.

They are a lot quicker than they used to be mainly because they encourage you to make an appointment and they can organise manning levels etc around that.

My blood is used for little kids.
It used to have Baby Pack written on my form but now says neonatal.

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S2Mike said:

Im looking forward to hopefully trying out the Tilty chairs and the jammy dodgers.... ! or Bourbons ...!

....digestives, custard creams, dead fly biscuits, Club biscuits, Walker's crisps.....it's like going on a picnic.

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I can't stand needles and always look away when they stick the big one in. I was going to say the one that looks like a drain pipe but that may put any potential donors off.

You can look at it as a regular mini physical too.
You get your blood pressure checked and full blood work done too.

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James1760 said:

Another 0 neg here. I acctually went into the blood clinic yesterday to book in after hearing an advert on the radio looking for my blood type.

Unfortunatly because I had my tattoo sleve finished off in Oct I was unable to give.

Seems there is a decent number of 0 neg people on here. Has anyone done a google search on this blood type, some wacky stuff comes up.

Currently working on mastering #21

Common facts for 0 neg

1. Predominance of green or hazel eyes that change color like a chameleon, but also blue eyes

2. True red or reddish hair

3. Low pulse rate

4. Low blood pressure

5. Keen sight or hearing

6. ESP extra sensory perception the sixth sense

7. Extra rib or vertabrae

8. UFO connections

9. Love of space and science

10. A sense of not belonging to the human race

11. Piercing eyes

12. Paranormal occurrences

13. Psychic dreams

14. Truth seekers

15. Desire for higher wisdom

16. Empathetic illnesses

17. Deep compassion for fate of mankind

18. A sense of a 'mission' in life

19. Psychic abilities

20. Unexplained scars on body

21. Capability to disrupt electrical appliances

22. Alien contacts

23. Extremely handsome and modest


Sorry for going off topic

That's better.

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HarryFlatters said:

Yes I do, giving tomorrow in fact.

Anything for a free Fox's Classic.

Foxes bisquits?
I thought we did well.

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TwigtheWonderkid said:

That's the final straw!! Foxes, Club, Walkers crisps. Someone's scimming off the snack budget in W. London. We don't getting any of that good stuff. They can whistle for my blood...I quit!

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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.
It supposed to cut down on fainters I think.

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Thanks for the feedback guys.
Looks like a good standard of snacks but I am concerned about the lack of Foxes. I hope they're not cutting back.

Were there any titty, err, tilty chairs?

I wonder what you have to donate to get pizza?

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MentalSarcasm said:

I did it! The world now owes me some snowy goodness!

Had a bad moment at the end where I felt very lightheaded as I approached the refreshments table and had lie down again as they thought I was going to faint, but it all worked out in the end!

Congrats!!

Was the lightheadedness because they didn't have Foxes busquits?

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My 1st draining session of the year tomorrow.

I'll report in on the buffet afterwards.

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MentalSarcasm said:

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My 1st draining session of the year tomorrow.

I'll report in on the buffet afterwards.

How did it go? What was the biscuit selection like?

A little disappointing.
Crawfords ofcourse but no dead fly biscuits.
No Foxes or crisps.
There was an unopened box of Kitkats under the desk and I was too shy to ask them to open it up.

All of this was easily conpensated for by the blood falling out of me so I wasnt "in the chair" for too long and the delightful blonde nursie who did the deed while she told me about how she wants to be a geologist.

All in all, 8/10

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Silent1 said:

I'd love to be able to, despite being afraid of needles after i received 24 units after one operation i wanted to pay my 'debt' back and being O- i thought it would be ideal only to find out i'm not allowed to.

Fortunately (touches wood) I haven't had an op for thirty something years so I'm still allowed to donate and as we're o neg brothers, you're covered

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madbadger said:

Just been and gave my 91st donation.

I can confirm regular biscuits along with penguins and orange clubs.

Well Done!

I wonder if you get a buffet on your 100th donation?

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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.