Donating blood.
@Scrapper88 (5983)
United States
June 13, 2023 3:38pm CST
I went to donate some of my blood yesterday. Since it has been awhile since I donated blood; I had to ask the nurses about the medicine I was taking and if I could still donate my blood because of the medicine. I guess it was alright because I donated my blood. It has been over twenty years since I donated my blood last time.
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@RebeccasFarm (92034)
• United States
16 Jun 23
That is good it was okay with the medicine Keith. Did it take very long to sit there?
It was good for you to do so.
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@RebeccasFarm (92034)
• United States
16 Jun 23
@Scrapper88 Oh wow Keith that is quite a few hours.
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@Scrapper88 (5983)
• United States
16 Jun 23
Since there was several people ahead of me; it took longer to wait for a table than it took me to donate blood. It took around two and a half hours to donate blood.
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@Scrapper88 (5983)
• United States
14 Jun 23
I have heard that each pint of blood donated will help three people out.
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@BabeSays (8575)
• Mauritius
14 Jun 23
@Scrapper88 Aww that's so nice of you. That's wonderful. Doesn't it feel good to be able to help not just one but three people out?
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@Scrapper88 (5983)
• United States
13 Jun 23
I thought it was time to start donating blood again.
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@AmbiePam (96018)
• United States
13 Jun 23
@Scrapper88 I know they must appreciate it.
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@DaddyEvil (141727)
• United States
13 Jun 23
Most blood pressure meds won't hurt anyone if they get your blood. I tried to donate last month and was told that the allergy shots I get each month mean I can't donate anymore.
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@Scrapper88 (5983)
• United States
13 Jun 23
I showed the nurse the four medicines I was taking. The nurse did not say that these medicines prevented me from donating.
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@kobesbuddy (78871)
• East Tawas, Michigan
14 Jun 23
This is very admirable, my mother donated blood every chance that came along:)
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@kobesbuddy (78871)
• East Tawas, Michigan
14 Jun 23
@Scrapper88 Mom donated blood for many years, she received an award:)
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@Scrapper88 (5983)
• United States
14 Jun 23
I think I will start donating blood whenever I can.
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@RubyHawk (99404)
• Atlanta, Georgia
14 Jun 23
@Scrapper88 You have to weigh a certain amount to donate blood. That’s what they told me.
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@Scrapper88 (5983)
• United States
14 Jun 23
I have not heard about being too skinny as a reason for not taking somebodies blood.
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@toniganzon (72548)
• Philippines
14 Jun 23
Yay. I have never donated blood my entire life because I always fail the assessment stage. It's good that you did.
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@RasmaSandra (82538)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
13 Jun 23
Good for you for donating blood. All my life I have had very low blood pressure so never donated,
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@wendyy (33)
• United States
14 Jun 23
Awesome! Man, the last time I donated blood I was a recent high school graduate I think. I started because they brought a blood drive to campus and it happened inside the large basketball gym. I remember donating and felt everything was fine. Once, I was at the table where we relax, I felt a bit dizzy and tried to hold myself up but it was obvious something was not okay. I notified someone and was helped back onto the donate table to lay down for a bit. It was definitely a different experience. I think it may have been due to not having ate well earlier in the day as I donated later in life and the same did not occur lol
