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TJ: and on that note, I'm off to give blood. Laters everybody...
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Thu 6 Nov 2008, 13:44,
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although if they try to talk you into giving bone marrow too think long and hard before you do.
also - phone in sick tomorrow at work and say you gave blood and it's made you feel ill.
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Thu 6 Nov 2008, 13:49,
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also - phone in sick tomorrow at work and say you gave blood and it's made you feel ill.
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really thought about it for a while but I had a few tests and they told me I couldn't.. also they were suggesting it would leave me off work for a while -- although this was a while ago and it could be better now...
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Thu 6 Nov 2008, 13:51,
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I don't react well to anaesthetic, so it'd be risky for me.
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I'd probably need all my bone marrow... I think I'm one of those do gooders at heart.
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I merrily thought about doing it until I was told I couldn't, but have spoken with people who have done it and they said it was very painful... but it's still very worth doing if you can and you don't mind the pain/risk/potential time off work.
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( which of course only happens after you are matched and both sides consent ) or just going on the registry? Being registered as a donor just takes some form filling and a small blood sample for tissue-typing.
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and they said I couldn't since I had lived in the UK between 1981 and 1995, and probably was chock-full of BSE. Even germans who lived in britain for more than 6 months prior to 1995 are not allowed to give blood.
Moo.
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Thu 6 Nov 2008, 13:53,
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Moo.
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I once gave blood high when I was a student... and then realised what I had done a few hours later.
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Thu 6 Nov 2008, 13:54,
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Later...
"Actually, transfusions are quite nice. Do you have any crisps?"
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Thu 6 Nov 2008, 13:57,
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"Actually, transfusions are quite nice. Do you have any crisps?"
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Much as I'd like to think the drug squad screen the bags in the give blood van for traces of thc, I think you're safe.
Although, I didn't give blood for similar reasons when I was a student. One was supposed to be completely sober for three days prior to it apparently... or so I heard, so I didn't go when the van was there. Then came my stoner years when I forgot about anything that wasn't playstation, food, or weed related.
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Although, I didn't give blood for similar reasons when I was a student. One was supposed to be completely sober for three days prior to it apparently... or so I heard, so I didn't go when the van was there. Then came my stoner years when I forgot about anything that wasn't playstation, food, or weed related.
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is this YOUR blood sir?
... I was fooled into it - I was walking through one of the halls and sat down at a table full of cups of tea and tunncok's tea cakes, next think I know I've got a drip in my arm and a pretty nurse is telling me I have beautiful veins... it was all I could do not to make a very dirty joke. My head nearly burst from having to hold it in.
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... I was fooled into it - I was walking through one of the halls and sat down at a table full of cups of tea and tunncok's tea cakes, next think I know I've got a drip in my arm and a pretty nurse is telling me I have beautiful veins... it was all I could do not to make a very dirty joke. My head nearly burst from having to hold it in.
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and it's not a problem. I don't particularly want to give marrow but a few years back there was a local kiddie dying and needed a rare donor. The whole town got together and got tested for compatibility. As a result of that we still have the blood donor mobile service come and set up monthly in a local social club concert room.
It's no bad thing. There is a graphic artist who is dying and needs a rare donor in the States ( can't find the page again ). He's black and has a very rare marrow but anyone could be a match. It's worth the effort to register.
And that was my 15000 post. Fitting I guess.
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Thu 6 Nov 2008, 14:01,
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It's no bad thing. There is a graphic artist who is dying and needs a rare donor in the States ( can't find the page again ). He's black and has a very rare marrow but anyone could be a match. It's worth the effort to register.
And that was my 15000 post. Fitting I guess.