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Thread ID: 117771 2011-05-04 09:37:00 Donating Blood xyz823 (13649) PC World Chat
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1199340 2011-05-04 20:56:00 Good on you for donating SWmBO does it but I'm not allowed as I lived in England during the 90's so they won't take my blood encase I carry CJD gary67 (56)
1199341 2011-05-04 22:04:00 Just make sure the people taking it aren't wearing long black capes, don't have two long front teeth, and don't want to take it from your lily-white neck.

Otherwise you'll be fine. :devil
Richard (739)
1199342 2011-05-04 22:22:00 Find out what your blood type is. It is always useful to know.

Some of us are what they call universal donors- RHO neg- and can give our blood to anyone. Curiously both wife and I have the same blood type!
leonidas5 (2306)
1199343 2011-05-04 22:28:00 Well, I've put my hand up to donate blood tomorrow and I'm absolutely crapping myself.

Relax, there's no known link between donating blood and incontinence. :lol:

Good on you for donating.
WalOne (4202)
1199344 2011-05-05 00:06:00 Well it's all done and it went brilliantly. The whole thing didn't hurt at all!

The nurses face lit up when she saw me walk in the door :D

Apparently a 193cm, 105kg person covered in athletics bars is exactly what they are looking for!

I'll be back next time for sure!

:pf1mobmini:
xyz823 (13649)
1199345 2011-05-05 00:19:00 Excellent - well done. Just take it easy for the rest of the day.

I can't do it any more - they changed the rules, so I am not allowed to donate now because of my allergy to Tetracycline antibiotics. I am not a particularly desirable donor anyway because I am blood group B Rh-. They prefer to have universal blood donors. My daughters can't donate either for the same reason as gary67.
John H (8)
1199346 2011-05-05 01:39:00 Apparently a 193cm, 105kg person covered in athletics bars is exactly what they are looking for!

I envy you. :D
pcuser42 (130)
1199347 2011-05-05 01:57:00 I envy you. :D

Fear not, recalcitrant and callow South Auckland youth:

You too, can have a body like this (www.sandowplus.co.uk)

:D
WalOne (4202)
1199348 2011-05-05 01:59:00 Good on you for donating SWmBO does it but I'm not allowed as I lived in England during the 90's so they won't take my blood encase I carry CJD

Ditto - I started donating blood when I was at school and donated regularly until I went to the UK in the early eighties. When I came back they took my blood for a wee while and then changed the rules because of CJD.

I have huge doubts that anyone who ate beef in the UK in the specified time frame is a CJD carrier (there would have been evidence by now) and I would start donating again in an instant if they came to their senses - the holes in my brain are alcohol-related, not Mad Cow Disease! :D

I'm "A Rh+", IIRC....

Well done, darkstar09 - only a very small percentage of the population gives blood and there's always a huge need for it.

You have reason to be proud of yourself!
johcar (6283)
1199349 2011-05-05 04:40:00 Well Done. Next time take a bunch of mates with you and you will all get a community spirit buzz. leonidas5 (2306)
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