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I'm curious. How do you feel since you've given blood? Do you feel nauseous or weak?
When I was pregnant with my first child, the blood bank came to our office and quite a few people gave blood...I couldn't because I was pregnant.
I saw about 6 people struggle for the rest of the day and most of them seemed sick or run down for a few weeks after giving blood.
It has really put me off giving blood....even though I know I should.
I also hate needles.
When I was in labour, it didn't matter how bad those contractions got, there was no way that epidural needle was going into my back
Love & stuff
Mrs M
Even better - I got a bag of chips, a mars bar and two cookies. And three complimentary bottles of water while I waited.
Mrs M, I felt FINE. No light-headedness, no nausea - and I was pre-menstrual. In fact I think the PMS headache had centre-stage for the day. Needles don't frighten me, and besides, as the docs always say, 'this will only be a little prick.' It also feels like a very small price to pay when you consider that it could be your child or best friend in a car accident desperately needing blood someday. Maybe I'm just trying to get some karma credit in here.
I had to take my my ten year old daughter with me, who asked me nervously as we pulled up outside, 'Do I have to give blood too?' (poor thing). She was more nervous than I was but after watching the whole thing she stated 'I think when I'm old enough, I'd like to be a blood donor too.'
I do have to say, at a time when I was feeling very sorry for my self, giving blood made me feel so much better.
Jo
Flick Wit
But then, like you, I became anaemic, then got a tattoo and did various other things that made me unable to donate (no male on male sex here either though) and just never got around to going back...
It's such a little thing to do though, that makes such a worthy contribution, and I should start again, especially as I am one of the lucky people who remains unaffected after donating.
Michaelie
feelings
I've been trying to find things to do that make me feel better about being a person - know what I mean? I come from South Africa, and now live in Oz, and often feel disconnected from the suffering in the world, it is easy to forget the world and its pain - partly why we brought our little family over here in the first place, given how my family was personally affected by the violence in South Africa. So this seems like something really do-able for me. Like sponsoring a kid through World Vision, which is a bit more remote, as the money is on an automatic debit order. And being an organ donor which I won't be around to enjoy if it ever gets to that. If you have any other ideas about how one can just offer oneself in service to the community, I'd love to hear ... maybe I'll do a post on that topic one of these days. Thanks girlfriend, glad it's inspired you to go back to giving blood. Honestly, I felt on top of the world afterwards.
Hey Krystal - it was easy. And it felt so darn good. Took me out of my own self-pity and made my day more than just about me.
Thanks for visiting,
Jo