February 28, 200719 yr Simple - Have you given blood before? If yes - Regularly? Why do you give it? If no - Why not? Tomorrow, well actually today technically since it's 01:00, I shall be giving blood for the first time. I'm a fit and healthy teenager (yeah...good one...) who is the right age to give blood. We had a rather interesting talk at school yesterday about giving blood and I have always said if the opportunity arose I would take it. During the talk some shocking facts were given about the levels of blood needed everyday in the country (Scotland) and how little they receive. I won't bore you with the facts, but let's just say they're in dire need of blood constantly. I don't see any reason not to, of course there are things like haemophobia, but people seem to be rather scared about the whole process. Anyone I ask about it goes " Aye right you won't get me near a needle!" but i think this is something everyone just uses as an almost excuse, and just assumes it will hurt. You never know when your next going to wind up in the emergency room needing someone else's blood to save your life. Well anyway, what's your view on giving blood? I'll post back after I've had it done and how it felt. @Trade_With
February 28, 200719 yr Hah, im scheduled to recieve blood platelettes tommorow. Thanks for all yall's blood. Gamertag: King Arizona
February 28, 200719 yr I've given blood 3 times now since I turned 17 last September. I guess I just like to help people, whether I know them or not.
February 28, 200719 yr I've donated blood once and plan to do it again as soon as possible. :D My advice to you would be to eat and drink plenty before you actually go to donate. You might pass out otherwise.
February 28, 200719 yr If you can do it for money, I'll do it when I'm old enough... Otherwise, I'm keeping it.
February 28, 200719 yr If you can do it for money, I'll do it when I'm old enough... Otherwise, I'm keeping it. Hey, if you give plasma, they pay you AND pump your plasmaless blood back into your body! :D
February 28, 200719 yr I'm doing it tomorrow. I'll admit that I'm a little nervous. I'm a little scared since I've never given that much before.
February 28, 200719 yr No, have a family history of diabetes so I always get turned down. My heart is broken by the terrible loss I have sustained in my old friends and companions and my poor soldiers. Believe me, nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won. -Sir Arthur Wellesley
February 28, 200719 yr I'm doing it tomorrow. I'll admit that I'm a little nervous. I'm a little scared since I've never given that much before. Really? ^_^ Good luck! I'm sure you'll do fine!
February 28, 200719 yr I am really scared of needles, I passed out before I even had my BCG injected into me. I couldn't face doing it out of my own will. SHH HUT YUH MUH. DERKHED.
February 28, 200719 yr My school holds a blood drive every year, but I wont be able to give because Its right in the middle of my sports season.
February 28, 200719 yr Most people only start to regularly donate if something happens to a relative and they need blood. Here, the rules for donating blood are pretty tough, can't have gone overseas (except to NZ) for something like 5 years, can't have had a tattoo in 5 years plus a few other things. I do donate, but not that often. Maybe once every 6 months.
February 28, 200719 yr No. I'm old enough, but I'm terrified of needles in the area where they draw blood from, don't know the name of it.. Elbow? :S If it was somewhere else, I would... But not there >.< Reading anything about blood and needles makes me feel sick..
February 28, 200719 yr I don't. I really need all the blood I have, I have a history of low blood pressure and fainting, so it just wouldn't be the smartest move. Whenever I need to let the doctor take blood, I almost pass out as well... Otherwise, I'd do it, even though it would mean getting over the sickish feeling I always get in the pit of my stomach when having blood 'drained'.
February 28, 200719 yr Author Just back from the health center. I went through all the rather embarrassing questions, done the iron blood test and then got weighed. Turns out im just too underweight to give blood :( I'm not exactly a size nothing, scrawny model you see on Tv, just have a rather small build. Oh well, maybe in a year or so. @Trade_With
February 28, 200719 yr That's too bad wizard. I would love to give blood, went once. Got tested, weighed and all that jazz and just in passing mentioned that I'd had skin cancer. Apparently that means i can't give blood, which is a shame :(
February 28, 200719 yr i'd LOVE to give blood...i just can't handle it i would pass out...i can barely get blood taken for medicinal purposes for when the university needed me too (needing to get tested for stuff...and mono) the needle was in for 5 seconds...i yanked it out...stood up...stumbled..and passed out just something i cannot do...i have a hard time with blood pressure too...just the feeling of my blood pulsing makes me sick and light headed
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