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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 10:52 PM
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Donated blood for the first time today (Ask me anything)
Edited on Sat Dec-18-04 10:53 PM by sakabatou
I feel good about myself for doing this.

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fluffernutter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 10:54 PM
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1. good for you! what kind of cookie did they give you?
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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-04 12:01 AM
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15. I don't know
it was a chewy... vanilla cinnamon cookie.
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Maine Mary Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 10:55 PM
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2. What kind of cookies did they give you?
:-)
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Maine Mary Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 10:58 PM
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3. LOL I guess Flufenutter and I are on the same "page"
:-)
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fluffernutter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 11:03 PM
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5. lol, i'll change my question to "what kind of juice?" then!
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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-04 12:02 AM
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16. Lemonade
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UrbScotty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 11:02 PM
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4. Are you better off now than you were four hours ago?
;-)
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trotsky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 11:05 PM
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6. You should feel good about it!
So many people can't bring themselves to help save someone's life, simply because they're afraid of needles. You have done a very good thing.

I've been a regular blood donor since college - the next time I donate I will reach 6 gallons.
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kittycat1164 Donating Member (616 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 11:41 PM
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11. wow, I'm impressed! 6 gallons?
I'm 1 donation away from a gallon. I was on anti-convulsants for years and couldn't give, but since I'm not anymore, I give every two months. 6 gallons....wow, I bow to you!
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trotsky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 11:48 PM
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14. Oh, p'shaw, I still feel like such a lightweight. But thanks.
Where I give they have the wall o' donors, all the frequent donors' names are listed. There are some folks over 20 gallons!
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arwalden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 11:06 PM
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7. Good For You! -- You're Heterosexual, Aren't You?
I've tried to donate blood... I summoned up all my courage to face the needle, but they screened me out.

Did you get woozy? Do you feel tired? Did it hurt?
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trotsky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 11:16 PM
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9. And bravo to you for trying, Allen.
Personally I think they need to find a way to allow homosexual men to donate. There continues to be such a shortage of blood components.
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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-04 12:02 AM
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17. I felt tired and a little light headed
but otherwise, I'm fine.
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Lone_Star_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 11:16 PM
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8. What's your blood type?
I'm O- the universal donor type. I give blood at every drive. I figure if due to genetics I am lucky enough to have good blood I should share. :)
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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-04 12:04 AM
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18. I am anything but O
parents are both AB.
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Lone_Star_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-04 12:19 AM
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21. If you're AB also then you did an extra good thing!
Since it's the rarest off all. Your still did a wonderful thing even if your A or B type! :)
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BiggJawn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 11:30 PM
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10. Did they bruise you?
They used to bruise the living SHIT out of me about 1/2 the time. You'd think they'd get the hang of it after 5 gallons, wouldn't you?

Last time I went to donate, I told 'em all the meds I was on, and they didn't think they wanted any of it. That's changed, though....
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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-04 12:05 AM
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19. Bruise... like miss?
then, no.
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BiggJawn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-04 12:19 AM
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20. Yeah, a miss...
Edited on Sun Dec-19-04 12:30 AM by BiggJawn
I've had them go all the way through, or (this I hated!) go in and miss, and then instead of pulling out and trying again, they'd just "dig around" until they struck oil.

I had bruising 1/2 way to my wrist once...

I have veins that jump out of the way when they sense a needle...
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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-04 12:25 AM
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22. Nope
no miss. They had this presure device that detects where a strong vein is.
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BiggJawn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-04 12:34 AM
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23. Cool!
I have to have blood drawn every quarter for my A1C test. Last time I was in there the Phlebotomist hit that suckah like Jed Clampett bringing in a gusher.

Didn't feel a thing!

On your way to your gallon pin! Cool!
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kittycat1164 Donating Member (616 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 11:44 PM
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12. Good for you!
It's such a small thing and is needed soooo desperately! Congrats for making a difference!
:yourock:
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Queen Jane Donating Member (143 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 11:46 PM
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13. good for you!
i can't do it because i don't weigh enough (plus i'm on some meds so i don't know if they'd want me) but i wish i could do it. my brother-in-law's life was saved by a transfusion. it scares me, but i'd do it, even though i'd probably faint. ;)
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