Giving Blood

[a_face_of_light]

I've done it once, I fond out I have a really rare blood type which sucks.

[a_face_of_light]

Being homosexual (believe it or not, it is :/)

 

 

I didn't have any trouble in the UK, although I think it only applies to men.

[ivet]

Yeah, it only applies to men. All the questions that they asked me only applied if i was a homosexual man or a woman who had any type of sexual interaction with a man who was with another man.

[i'maveryneatMonster.']

I've had blood drawn for medical reasons, it hurts more than a regular shot and it leaves a bruise :sick:

 

They just broke your vein. It shouldn't be like that though, it was a performance mistake.

[the_gloaming09]

never have given blood... not a fan of needles

[Matter-Eater Lad]

Once took half an hour to put an IV in me, after that being pricked by a needle isn't a big deal to me.

[laga]

Once took half an hour to put an IV in me, after that being pricked by a needle isn't a big deal to me.

 

that happened to me too :sick:, but it made me more nervous and afraid of needles than I was before...

[ivet]

oh wow ^^ sux2bu :hug:

i wasn't paying attention at all to what the nurse was saying to me and she said do you want to watch and i said yes but i had no idea what was going on and then i looked down and the needle went in and whoa it was interesting, it didn't hurt at all, just a tiny sting.

[coldplay_is_louve.]

I've given blood in school, doing it again this year for work. It ain't that bad, and you get a cookie at the end. :cheesy:!

[*Perrine*]

So did it go well Ivet?

 

I gave blood on thursday for the second time, and I almost fainted twice :uhoh:

The first time everything went okay, I don't know what happened this time..

 

But as long as you're not scared of needles, it's okay, you just feel weak cause of the blood loss :nice:

 

Same here, if you're gay or have had sex with guy who had sex with guy, than you're not allowed to donate blood.

Also not when you have had sex in exchange for money or drugs.

Also not when you've visited the dentist within a week.

 

I wonder how many people lie about these things when coming to donate blood .... :thinking:

That's stupid to lie cause anyway they test the blood, if it's contaminated they just throw it away.

 

when you say homosexuals, you mean men or women?

the real question behind it is, does it have a link with anal sex?

It's just for men, so yeah it has a link with anal sex, cause the risk of STDs is higher I think :thinking:

 

Might be a stupid question, but can they donate then have the blood tested?

Well they can, but I guess it would be too expensive to test all those samples :shrug:

[ivet]

Haha, well I felt really dizzy twice, the first time wasn't so bad

the second time i felt dizzy I almost fainted, one minute i was in a chair

and then i was on the floor with ice covering my body, my feet propped up on a chair :P

[a_face_of_light]

They just broke your vein. It shouldn't be like that though, it was a performance mistake.

 

I know your studying to be a Doctor, I had a question about Blood Type, isn't there a type which is universal and can be given to anyone or something?, I really worry about if I ever need to be given blood because I'm A/B-.

[Lore]

O it's the universal donor

 

[an angel]

I wish I knew my blood type.

[Cyan Kat]

I think the blood donation is outside the church hall today but I'm not even old enough so there's no point

[a_face_of_light]

I wish I knew my blood type.

 

If you go and give blood it's a good way of finding out:).

[Raphaele]

I cannot give my blood because it's not healthy :( (disease coming from my father's)

[i'maveryneatMonster.']

I know your studying to be a Doctor, I had a question about Blood Type, isn't there a type which is universal and can be given to anyone or something?, I really worry about if I ever need to be given blood because I'm A/B-.

 

Type O is universal donor.

[Violet]

I wish I knew my blood type.

 

I know mine! :cheesy:

[ivet]

I don't know mine either.

[Black Rose]

The problem I have is that all the local sessions to give blood are during the day on weekdays where I be at work managing stuff

[a_face_of_light]

Type O is universal donor.

 

So in the event I went to somewhere more remote and needed blood I would be ok because they would give me O?, I've always kind of had that worry if I went to some places and anything happened I would be fucked:embarrassed:, I'm glad that's not true.