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"Giving Blood"

I was going to give blood today at college... but the 'Bloodmobile' (Presumably like the batmobile) couldn't reverse into the drive becase it was too big so we can to wait ages now. Gah.

Anyway it would've been the first time I'd have given blood because you cant donate younger than 17. A lot of people think it's particularly horrible to have blood sucked out of you but I think it's a pretty nice gesture. "Here sick bleeding dying person, have some blood!"

Thoughts on the matter?

cookie monster wrote:
> I didnt know gay men werent allowed to donate though.

??? Why not? It's more likely a straight person has hepatitis. All blood is screened before being used.

Actually, they dont state a certainweight/height ratio on the website so i may be eligible.

I didnt know gay men werent allowed to donate though.

I'm a fainter - I'd love to be able to give blood, but I went into a state of shock during a first aid course just talking about it.

I would go, but i think im too short and too light to qualify.

I'm sick of blood tests/vaccines/Heroin addiction.

Paradox: wrote:
> I think they take a pint.

*hurp*

Even reading that and thinking about it made me light headed.

Yeah it's the same principle creepy - basically they take the blood from the same vein, only a bit more of it.

I think they take a pint.

I guess that a blood test isn't the same?


I've had about 10 of them bizzatchs

Giving bloods overrated.

I can't. I'd like to, but I'm phobic about syringes. I have piercings, but for example last time I had to get blood taken from me at the docs (lump under arm) I saw him emptying the syringes into a large test tube and basically had a fit. Fainted and started twitching, the lot.