Donate blood

Long term, less red blood cells = Greater oxygen debt to muscles.

Why dont more people donate blood? Let me see.
1. The majority of sessions are during the day when most people are at work/uni etc. Not forgetting the hour lunch breaks they all take at the same time (thus further eliminating further donoations). Do they expect people to take anual leave?
2. The sessions are usually overcrowded and you end up having to wait hours if you didn't book in advance.
3. Half the staff at these places are rude.
4. Like above, the blood service seem to have this attitude that they are doing you [the donor] a favour. When it is the other way round.
5. Discrimination against gay's, people on medication, former drug user's etc etc
6. Can be painful , the wooziness and the not being allowed to excercise afterwards.
7. No rewards (unless you count crisps, tea and a key ring).

DrunkenMaster (or whatever your name is), the last time I gave blood was in a village hall, at 7pm.

Again, speak to your employer, many have a policy of allowing time off for blood donation, or may be willing to institute one, it makes them look caring!

Missing one day of exercise won't result in you becoming overweight. You can go the day before and the day after.

Your experience of donor staff couldn't be more different to mine. Did you make a complaint so that the guilty parties could be spoken to/investigated/disciplined/retrained?

Your keyrings point made as much sense as the rest of your post, so I took it at face value. I bet you'd be willing to put up with that awful rudeness if you were getting a tenner for it though wouldn't you?

I'm planning to give blood next time they're collecting near me As I'm now 18, I also signed up to become an organ donor, and will eventually get around to donating bone marrow.

I feel rather proud of myself. I used to be such a selfish cow when I was younger.

lol well done to you, some brutal honesty there.

http://www.uktransplant.org.uk/ukt/Consent.do <
Do it!
I've always wanted to be an organ donor but me being lazy, I never got round to doing until last year. Just sign up, it takes minutes, then you get a nice shiny card through the post.

Right! I'm on the blood donor list now. I don't really get what happens though. I think I'm just really bad at browsing websites recently 'cause I seriously cannot tell what the hell happens after you register. Surely, they test your blood first, right? =\ Not sure whether I should straight-up book an appointment or what!

=P Now for the bone marrow donor list. That one terrifies me though.

Right! I'm on the blood donor list now. I don't really get what happens though. I think I'm just really bad at browsing websites recently 'cause I seriously cannot tell what the hell happens after you register. Surely, they test your blood first, right? =\ Not sure whether I should straight-up book an appointment or what!

=P Now for the bone marrow donor list. That one terrifies me though.

Just book an appointment, they do all the health testing and blood screening there.

Let them know its your first time and you don't know the ropes and you'll be guided through the process. Its really very easy, you'll be fine.

Well done!

(I've been on the bone marrow register for nearly 10 years and I've never even had a call, the chances of you ever being a match for someone are very slim. A friend was called for preliminary testing but ruled out at the blood test stage so you don't even have to have an aspiration until quite far into the process.)

Marrow donation is not often that traumatic. They generally do it by aphoresis, rather than biopsy where possible. Which basically entails you getting an injection of a chemokine a few days before donation, and then having a line in one arm and a line out the other connected to a machine.

I gave blood for the first time 11 days after my 17th birthday. My aim is to beat or at least match my Dads X amount of awards and donations. I'm slowly on track with 9! I get my new donor card soon!

I'm also on the bone marrow donor list! To the person who said it's painful, it all depends on what procedure that they do. From my research they commonly use the stem cell method.

Why dont more people donate blood? Let me see.
1. The majority of sessions are during the day when most people are at work/uni etc. Not forgetting the hour lunch breaks they all take at the same time (thus further eliminating further donoations). Do they expect people to take anual leave?
2. The sessions are usually overcrowded and you end up having to wait hours if you didn't book in advance.
3. Half the staff at these places are rude.
4. Like above, the blood service seem to have this attitude that they are doing you [the donor] a favour. When it is the other way round.
5. Discrimination against gay's, people on medication, former drug user's etc etc
6. Can be painful , the wooziness and the not being allowed to excercise afterwards.
7. No rewards (unless you count crisps, tea and a key ring).