Are you a blood donor?

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MartinK9

Life Member
Dec 4, 2008
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Just got back, no mince pies anywhere. :(


Tesco's Finest Here I come:lmao:


after reading this thread i felt compelled, so i'm just this minute registered and booked my first ever blood donation appointment. it took five minutes and the clinic is 2 minutes aways from my house. now to sit back and wait for the good social conscience feeling to wash over me....oop here it comes

Well done you, have a virtual pat on the back from me. :)
 

wingstoo

Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
May 12, 2005
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South Marches
It will soon be twelve weeks since my last donation, my 50th, Last time I was chatting with one of the staff about where it went and did he know how many people I had helped survive over the years, as my brother was undergoing kidney dialysis three times a week at the time...From what I recall it was somewhere in the region of 50 to 100 people I had helped...Sadly though it didn't help my brother as he died just 8 days later...

So if you are a donor I would like to thank you for giving people like my brother a chance in life, without your donations he would not have survived as long as he did...

THANK YOU!
 

BJJJ

Native
Sep 3, 2010
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North Shropshire
I turned up at a drop in session in a hotel in Plymouth whilst there on business. Having had surgery some time before I thought I should give something back. However because I was unable to answer if I had needed blood during the surgery I was not allowed to give blood due to the possibility that I had been given blood with mad cows disease. This was a few years ago now but apparently the long incubation period meant that I would not be able to donate. Shame really,
 

presterjohn

Settler
Apr 13, 2011
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United Kingdom
I am a member of the Anthony Nolan bone marrow trust and have been called up twice for extra testing due to near matches but for what ever reason was not eventually used. I am also registered for organ donation. As for blood. I have been three times but walked out on the third occasion. On all three occasions I was given the runaround and on the last occasion the book-in nurse was so rude to me after I had made a major effort to get to them that I thought sod them and walked out. I have since realised that the end result of that is that less blood is in the system so I am only punishing those in need which is stupid but have still not got around to going back.
 

Ogri the trog

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Mod
Apr 29, 2005
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I have tried on a number of occasions, the first few times the blood was rejected (I was told in a letter after the event) but they couldn't give an explanation as to why. Then they lost any record of me so I tried again with similar results. My most recent attempt saw another letter of rejection due to having some unusual protein in it.

I don't think I'll be rushing to try again - sad to say.

Ogri the trog
 

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