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Just out of interest who gives blood?
I do.
Anonymous
10-05-06, 02:15 PM
I would do, but im not allowed to. Not because i have some blood borne illness or virus. Im not diabetic, HIV positive etc, theres nothing wrong with my blood. But Im still not allowed to donate.
:evil:
Carsick
10-05-06, 02:16 PM
I do. In fact, I was going to this week, but I've had a stinking cold for the last two days. Will see if I'm feeling better before they leave.
I do, something that costs nothing, but could save a life. Its got to be done.
I do, I really enjoy doing so.
Everyone is really friendly and they all but force feed you biscuits and orange squash.
And all you have to do is lay down for a bit with a needle in your arm.
:D :D :D
diamond
10-05-06, 02:24 PM
Every time i try to they tell me "sorry we can't accept your blood at the moment because........" and they give me another different excuse. :roll:
It's been Holiday in a Malari (SP) risk place, Tattoo recently done, anthrax in my system, I might give up soon.
anthrax in my system
Some people are just so picky aren't they ! :lol:
I can't for another 10 months just had an operation so gotta wait a year
fizzwheel
10-05-06, 02:28 PM
Yes I always try to go and donate. Its not much effort plus you get free tea and biscuits
diamond
10-05-06, 02:29 PM
anthrax in my system
Some people are just so picky aren't they ! :lol:
Well there either desperate for blood or there not, i think if i was leaking and in need of a few pints of blood then Anthrax is a small price to pay. :lol:
Carsick
10-05-06, 02:29 PM
I'm only just able to again after my last two piercings, so will have to go soon before I have anything else done.
northwind
10-05-06, 04:32 PM
I would do, but im not allowed to. Not because i have some blood borne illness or virus. Im not diabetic, HIV positive etc, theres nothing wrong with my blood. But Im still not allowed to donate.
If I ever need some more, I'd gladly take some evil contaminated homo blood... Ridiculous rule that, there's no increased risk at all, it's just pandering to public perceptions. When there's threats of shortages, why cut off an option?
Incidentally, diabetics are allowed. But I'm not now, because I've had a major bone break, a tattoo, had a transfusion, and taken tramadol painkillers- I think it's 2009 before I'm allowed to again since some of the criteria are cumulative. Always used to though.
Every saturday for 20 years....playing rugby :smt062
tomjones2
10-05-06, 04:56 PM
I would do, but im not allowed to. Not because i have some blood borne illness or virus. Im not diabetic, HIV positive etc, theres nothing wrong with my blood. But Im still not allowed to donate.
If I ever need some more, I'd gladly take some evil contaminated homo blood... Ridiculous rule that, there's no increased risk at all, it's just pandering to public perceptions. When there's threats of shortages, why cut off an option?
Incidentally, diabetics are allowed. But I'm not now, because I've had a major bone break, a tattoo, had a transfusion, and taken tramadol painkillers- I think it's 2009 before I'm allowed to again since some of the criteria are cumulative. Always used to though.
You being seroius are you really not allowed to give blood if your gay.
Black Rider
10-05-06, 05:00 PM
I've given a few times but not recently
Thanks for the reminder - i'll get on it :lol:
CheekyLemon
10-05-06, 05:03 PM
Yep I'm a donator. I even took a photo of the needle in my arm to show people who read my website.
I still get loads of people finding my site through google after searching for "blood giving" and the like!
It's a bloody big needle aint it!! :shock:
carelesschucca
10-05-06, 05:08 PM
I give blood every time they come to my work... gets me away from the carp thats going on...
I don't mind the needle its that stupid pin ***** that you get in the thumb that annoys me I find that more painfull...
Marshall
10-05-06, 05:09 PM
Ive thought about going, but i really dont like needles
and one of my mates goes and he says that the nurses (blood takers) are butchers round here!!!
:oops:
Carsick
10-05-06, 05:27 PM
You being seroius are you really not allowed to give blood if your gay.
https://secure.blood.co.uk/c11_cant.asp
about halfway down the page.
You should never give blood if:
1 You carry the hepatitis B virus, the hepatitis C virus or the HIV virus.
2 You're a man who's had sex with another man, even "safe sex" using a condom.
3 You've ever worked as a prostitute.
4 You've ever injected yourself with drugs - even once.
You should not give blood for 12 months after sex with:
1 A man who has had sex with another man (if you're a female).
2 A prostitute.
3 Anyone who has ever injected themselves with drugs.
4 Anyone with haemophilia or a related blood clotting disorder who has received clotting factor concentrates.
5 Anyone of any race who has been sexually active in parts of the world where AIDS/HIV is very common. This includes countries in Africa.
Please do not give blood if you even think that you need a test for HIV or hepatitis, or if you had sex in the past year with someone you think may be HIV or hepatitis positive.
:why: clearly this is so unfair and I think just plain silly!! personal opinion :rant: i guess I'll just get off me soap box though because otherwise I'll be on here all week lols
xx
I used to until the blood pressure doc (at the blood bank) told me I was causing myself too much trouble. I'm terrified of needles and could eat for abput a day before giving, got so worked up that my blood pressure went thorugh the roof - hence they checked it before each time I gave. Still did it for a number of years though before they told me not too.
Diveboy
10-05-06, 07:50 PM
I'm not allowed. I did try honest my wife was there giving blood too. I filled in the form, sat and waited, went through to be interviewed and then when she *****ed my finger she asked why I hadn't given blood before thing took a turn for the worse.
Next thing I know I was fighting in WW2 when a bunch of gay Germans captured me and to me to a POW camp. After trying to escape the gards held me down and started unzipping their pants. :shock: I awoke shouting "UHHH GET THE FU*K OFF ME" much to the amusement of the 50 people waiting to give blood not to my wife's amusement I must add. They told me not to go back. I didn't argue. :lol: :lol:
Moral of the story. Never play Battlefield 1942 for 3 hours straight before going to give blood :roll:
Funny :) I'll take the win on the leathers, I'll let you have the victory here :)
dirtydog
10-05-06, 08:08 PM
I have done in the past but haven't recently due to tattoos and a piercing :roll: won be able to for a while as i've got a few more tattoos planned :twisted: 8)
I do gets me a couple of hours off work :thumbsup:
i have in the past but for the last couple of years keep getting tattoos so not allowed. i feel guilty for this sometimes..... i could save a life but chose to have ink done, so instead carry a 'full' donor card.
northwind
10-05-06, 09:01 PM
And there's another topic- who's on the register? I signed up when i got my license, I hate to admit the only reason I hadn't before was utter laziness.
Anyone else think it should be opt-out rather than opt-in? Maybe with a veto from immediate family in the case you've not registered? Seems to me that a lot of people would allow it if they could just be bothered, but never really gave it much thought- but that anyone who didn't want their organs reused would care enough to register...
Mind you, I can't imagine there'd be a queue to get any of my bits :)
Dazbo666
10-05-06, 09:19 PM
Been donating since I was 18, I even managed to get my silver certificate (25 donations) just over a year ago 8)
The way I see it, I'll do what I can to help others out by donating... but I only hope I'm not in a position to have to make a withdrawal any time soon :wink:
ok I did it once, but nearly passed out and it ended up takin about 3 hours, since then it appears to have turned into some kind of mild phobia. I do carry a donor card!! :D
:cat:
skidmarx
10-05-06, 09:33 PM
Last time I offered they suggested I take up weight lifting..... and thought I could probably benefit from the service not donate.....seriously. Too scared to go back now and that was 15 years ago!
Yes. 53 donations now, I have the cheap pen and badge too :wink:
Yep, last Wednesday to be precise!! :wink:
Also on the Bone Marrow Donations register!! :D
independentphoto
10-05-06, 10:24 PM
Next one will be 40................
.....and YES - I'm on the bone marrow register too.
It doesn't hurt at all (at least in Scotland :lol: ) and the best bit is....... the serve "Taxi" biscuits 8)
Garry :wink:
Diveboy
10-05-06, 10:26 PM
and the best bit is....... the serve "Taxi" biscuits 8)
Garry :wink:
TAXI. Wow thats almost worth near death for.
independentphoto
10-05-06, 10:34 PM
and the best bit is....... the serve "Taxi" biscuits 8)
Garry :wink:
TAXI. Wow thats almost worth near death for.
Hmmmm... the best bit is that I was on a course with a guy who works in the factory who told me...........
...........they are miles better (if possible!) when they've just come out the chill tunnel which hardens the VERY fresh chocolate. \:D/
Garry
I'm not allowed to give blood - on medication. Wasn't that obvious?
I'm not allowed to give blood - on medication. Wasn't that obvious?
Er, yes :lol:
rictus01
11-05-06, 01:59 AM
being O+ (universal donor) I've given in the past, 78 units, but on insulin now so that's a no no, on the rgeister and my N.O.K. are aware of my wishes, also been called up for bone marrow but for some reason it didn't happen. am second inline (youngest brother is the closest match) to donate a kidney to my brother when they sort out a new anti rejection treatment that will work on him.
I don't see it as donating blood, more building up a stock for later use :shock:
Cheers Mark.
rwoodcock01
11-05-06, 07:21 AM
Aye I give blood as well, which reminds me time to sort out my next donation :)
Cheers
Rich
I don't see it as donating blood, more building up a stock for later use
My thoughts exactly, though unfortunatly I've got into a bit of a debt problem with the Blood Bank! :roll:
Although I couldn't at the moment due to recents ops etc, I haven't been allowed to for the past seven years or so anyway. :(
Apparently my body has exactly the right amount of blood in it and really resents any of it leaving the premises by any means. Take any more than a couple of syringe fulls and the ol' body kinda goes on strike and begin a shutdown sequence! :shock: I even had problems with just blood tests recently where they take just trhee tubes of the precious stuff!
I do try to consolidate my debts every couple of years, but so far the same result has ended up with a polite 'no thanks' from the nurses. Though they generally still give me a biscuit and 10/10 for trying, espescially when I say "Look, it's OK, I could do with a nap, just carry on." :?
Yes slacked off abit lately will get back on it soon. :oops:
Stormspiel
11-05-06, 09:18 AM
I was going to last year but because i've had a tattoo for the last 5 years then i'm not allowed. You Can't give blood till 12 month's have passed since last tattoo apparntly :? .
My GF's Mum does it regularly and if i get past 12 months without a tattoo then i shall be going definately...My mum needed 2 transfusions after her accident and i could end up needing blood....one day :roll: .
northwind
11-05-06, 05:50 PM
being O+ (universal donor) I've given in the past, 78 units, but on insulin now so that's a no no,
Hum, that's interesting. Here they don't seem to be concerned that I'm insulin dependant. They did a BM test before to make sure I wasn't ketose, mind.
Carsick
11-05-06, 06:26 PM
You Can't give blood till 12 month's have passed since last tattoo apparntly :? .
6 months.
I use to give blood, got one of those blue cards, but I stopped after my operation a couple of years back, kept asking them whether I could keep giving blood, but they never gave me an answer.
Gidders
11-05-06, 08:23 PM
Glad to see so many of us giving blood. I do whenever I'm "sooth" on the mainland - the blood donor folk won't come to Shetland, they say it's not worth their bother.
I used to but I gave twice then lost my entire body count of blood during my stay in hospital... and had it replaced so I'm not allowed any more :cry:
I would love to have been able to give blood but I've never been able to. I'm too small and light, apparently, as I weigh under 7 stone.
I've never understood that reasoning myself. I will have the same amount of blood in relation to my body size as a 6ft 6 guy would have in relation to his, so surely I could afford to lose the same proportionate amount?
rictus01
12-05-06, 07:48 AM
I would love to have been able to give blood but I've never been able to. I'm too small and light, apparently, as I weigh under 7 stone.
I've never understood that reasoning myself. I will have the same amount of blood in relation to my body size as a 6ft 6 guy would have in relation to his, so surely I could afford to lose the same proportionate amount?
Indeed you could, however they take the same amount from everyone, you'd be half empty when they finished :shock:
Cheers Mark.
CheekyLemon
12-05-06, 08:07 AM
Giving blood is something I will also do, but as much as I would like to, I would never go on the bone marrow register. (Girlfriend is a nurse, so knows the things they do not tell you!)
I would never go on the bone marrow register. (Girlfriend is a nurse, so knows the things they do not tell you!)
:shock: :shock: :shock:
You fessing up then???
I know it isn't the most pleasant of things.... but, um.. er.. I'm now a bit scared!!! :oops:
CheekyLemon
12-05-06, 08:44 AM
Without the iffy details, I would rather save my one shot at chemo for when I am ill, or if my family needs some spare marrow ;)
If you donate bonemarrow you can never have chemotherapy again. (if I remember rightly).
I will check with the missus tonight. She works on a young persons cancer unit.
Fair play to those who ar eon it though, but that explains the low numbers on the register.
I used to but I gave twice then lost my entire body count of blood during my stay in hospital... and had it replaced so I'm not allowed any more :cry:
wow! glad ur alive then :?
I would love to have been able to give blood but I've never been able to. I'm too small and light, apparently, as I weigh under 7 stone.
I've never understood that reasoning myself. I will have the same amount of blood in relation to my body size as a 6ft 6 guy would have in relation to his, so surely I could afford to lose the same proportionate amount?
Indeed you could, however they take the same amount from everyone, you'd be half empty when they finished :shock:
Cheers Mark.
Hmmm, I'm generally about 8 1/2 - 9st (though 8 at the moment thanks to crippo status meaning wasted thigh muscles - hell, even my leathers are almost loose there now. :( ) I wonder if that's why I go into shut down.
They've never exactly told me any more "No thanks, not this time."
I used to but I gave twice then lost my entire body count of blood during my stay in hospital... and had it replaced so I'm not allowed any more :cry:
wow! glad ur alive then :?
Yep glad I'm alive... Can't see the problem with it myself, cos surely the blood thats in me now was ok for donating to me, so why can't I give it back to them again?
CheekyLemon
12-05-06, 11:44 AM
...surely the blood thats in me now was ok for donating to me, so why can't I give it back to them again?
Very good point!
busasean
12-05-06, 11:51 AM
given blood once but never been asked to since! maybe its my rare blue blood :D
i am however a member of SERV, bloodrunners.
see here - http://www.serv.org.uk/
Im a donor (the weight thing isnt a problem with me - BUT if they bring in an upper limit :oops: )
given blood once but never been asked to since! maybe its my rare blue blood :D
i am however a member of SERV, bloodrunners.
see here - http://www.serv.org.uk/
thats fabulous, I never knew about it even!
I give when i can normally twice a year as then I get anameic
though i've been told today that my feratin store(iron store) count is 2 :(
normal people are between 50 and 275. women can be as low as 10 though i have been told to see my GP asap and get it checked.
probably why i'm so tired all the time.
Daily pints of guisness sounds better than iron tablets
Also on bone marrow list. Boy next door has got Lukemia and has been seriously ill on many an occasion.
Without the iffy details, I would rather save my one shot at chemo for when I am ill, or if my family needs some spare marrow ;)
If you donate bonemarrow you can never have chemotherapy again. (if I remember rightly).
I will check with the missus tonight. She works on a young persons cancer unit.
Fair play to those who ar eon it though, but that explains the low numbers on the register.
Thanks for that!! :)
Food for thought... :shock:
Rob S (Yella)
13-05-06, 01:10 PM
Like many people I always said to myself that I should give blood and also like many people I never actually got around to it.
Then one day after an unscheduled high speed meeting with an uninsured escort full chavs I woke up in hospital with several bags of blood being pumped into me to counter act all the blood that was leeking out of me internally.
Now I have been given blood and LIFE I would love to return the favour but am not allowed as the blood I received might have contained hepitites, HIV or BSC. Thats why I suppose they are so stringent now.
I am greatfull for every ounce of blood I was given (and the cadaver ligaments used to rebuild my knee) so thanks to other people generosity I am alive and can even walk (well it's more of a hobble). I dont care if they are short tall fat thin black white gay strait or into cricket or not. Thay save lives and they saved mine. Thank you all.
So unless you want to feel as guilty as me for being a reciever and not being able to return the favour I suggest you give some blood ASAP.
BLOOD, It's nicer to give than receive.
So unless you want to feel as guilty as me for being a reciever and not being able to return the favour I suggest you give some blood ASAP.
BLOOD, It's nicer to give than receive.
I can't speak for everybody mate.. But YOU are the reason those that can give blood, do!! :thumbsup:
No guilt required!! :smt075
You sound like you ARE grateful.. & most importantly.. you are here to tell the tale!! :D :D
Take care dude!! 8) :)
ArtyLady
13-05-06, 03:46 PM
I have tried sevaral times but have always been refused due to various allergies, and being on various medications. sorry folks - would if I could :(
Anonymous
13-05-06, 03:55 PM
just had another tattoo so will need to wait another 11 months. only problem is i have deep veins. when i lived down south i went along to donate and nurse said its always the same with the jocks, never want to give up their blood. she says she normally offers a fiver and the veins all of a sudden protrude. mine didnt and she couldnt get any neither could the other 3 nurses and 2 doctors. left feeling like a pin cushion.
no comments about liking *****s please :lol:
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