today i finally took a first step to do something that i have always wanted to but never dared... that is, to donate blood!! saw an announcement on the firm's intranet this morning: in support of the World Blood Donor day on 14 June, the firm got the National Blood Service of UK to run an in-house blood donation drive on 20 June. my first thought was, since it's 3 floors above my office, there'll be less risk of me fainting on the way back hahaha. managed to drag 2 guy colleagues to do it with me - one took 3 hours to consider while the other agreed without any hesitation lol.
hmm so... no backing out now :) has anyone donated blood before? share some experience if you have! although ppl claim it doesn't hurt at all, the thought of a needle poked in me for 10mins still gives me goosebumps :P
talking about taking blood, there was once when i had to take blood test and the doctor poked the needle at 3 different points to find the right vein ... eek. after the first poke, he realised no blood was flowing into the syringe so he pulled it out, changed another needle and tried again :S i certainly hope this won't be the case on the big day. ahhh scared but i guess it'll be interesting!
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I did it many years ago when they were having this blood donation campaign in the office. First thing, they'll do a simple test and ask you some questions if you're fit to donate.
They shot me using this 'air gun'. Means they don't really use a needle to poke poke you :p but they use this 'gun' to point at the spot and just 'piak'...
And then, came the bag with long tube and the thing they used to poke into your arm, is not the ordinary needle that they use to take your blood sample for the usual blood test. It appeared to be .. something bigger (imagine something a bit smaller than the small straw you use to drink vitagen) that one poke into the spot where they 'air gun' you.. you can see your blood flow like water thru the tube, into the bag.
They took 450ml of blood out of me @_@ I was asked to rest for a while before I got up.. and they gave me hot milo and biscuit. Then, my arm was all bruised.
I think sharing my experience here is not gonna help you at all... :p But.. don't really have pain la. Long as you're not the type who's scared of blood.
Some ppl said that you'll gain weight after you've donated blood.
jc...your description sounds very scary :S sei la, the day is creeping near hahaha. hope i don't get bruised hand :P
lol vitagen straw used to describe the blood tube...
jc you should have shared your experience only after jiun has gone through it. what if she decides to back off now after hearing from you haha...
ya i heard abt ppl saying that there'll be weight gain. but there are also articles which dismissed it as myth...
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