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Posted: Jun 04 2010 07:15 am

Last night I popped into a blood drive bus to donate on the way to class, turns out I was the first one to show up and give. The bus had been there 8 hours! WTF? I ended up giving platelets for Leukemia patients which took about 20 minutes, pretty strange operation there. So does anyone here give blood? If not, why not?

UsaSatsui's Youtube Channel · Posted: Jun 04 2010 10:08 am

I am terrified of needles. I actually have to take Xanax before having dental work involving Novocain or before having blood drawn

I would, however, in an emergency.

Posted: Jun 04 2010 11:14 am

I used to give blood every three months or so between the ages of about 18-24. Of course, the reason behind that was that it was much easier to go and get loaded for cheap afterwards, but still, that ended up being a decent amount of blood. I haven't given since because, honestly? I've been lazy. As a side note, I have the happiest blood type of them all- B+

Posted: Jun 04 2010 11:29 am

I'm usually working out later in the day or the next day, and I feel like giving blood will weaken me. Not sure if there's any truth to it or not......it could be mental....but either way, meh.

Posted: Jun 04 2010 12:44 pm

I used to, but I went tattoo, tattoo, piercing, and you have to wait 6 months after getting something like that. Maybe I'll donate before my next tattoo.

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I give blood pretty frequently, every time the blood-bus is up at my local campus I give.

Posted: Jun 04 2010 01:43 pm

They'd love to get my O- blood, but I'm afraid my blood typically contains too much alcohol.

Posted: Jun 04 2010 01:44 pm

Milhouse wrote:

They'd love to get my O- blood, but I'm afraid my blood typically contains too much alcohol.

Same.

Posted: Jun 04 2010 03:08 pm

I was thinking why have a blood bus on a campus? Most kids are drunk and every girl has a fresh tramp stamp. All I can say is if you're gonna give plasma to them take the next day off, I am hurting.

Posted: Jun 04 2010 03:53 pm

I wish I could give. Sad

Between a history of anemia and being very close to under their minimum weight standards, I get rejected every time I try. It absolutely killed me not to be able to donate after 9/11. Ugh.

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Everytime it has come up i have been sick or have been busy.

Posted: Jun 04 2010 06:36 pm

i would give, but i have no time w/my work schedule. there is a plasma center near my house and people always give there. i might do it in the near future, since they give you $40 or so.

Posted: Jun 04 2010 11:03 pm

I usually donate whenever they have blood drives where I work at.

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I gave blood for the first time back in april

It was virtually painless and totally worth it

Posted: Jun 05 2010 02:53 am

I gave plasma once, it was a pain in the ass.

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I give blood when I can. I used to be a big motherfucker, so they'd take two bags from me when I did it, but ever since I've gotten healthier, I can't give as much. Weird trade-off.

Posted: Jun 05 2010 06:10 am

im actually more ofa fan of bloodless surgery, its cleaner, safer and more effective Smile

I'll talk more about this later haha

Posted: Jun 05 2010 11:47 am

I only give blood when I'm doing Twilight roleplaying.

Posted: Jun 05 2010 12:16 pm

I can't give blood. I am so utterly anaemic it's not even funny. The last time I showed up for a blood drive, they just gave me some chocolate and told me to gain some weight first.

That was nice of them, and the chocolate was yummy.

Posted: Jun 05 2010 12:40 pm

Syd Lexia wrote:

I only give blood when I'm doing Twilight roleplaying.

Syd, do you use the D20 system or the LAME* system for doing it in LARP style?

(* Live Action Moron Exercises)

As a side note, unless I've totally missed the boat on this during my last trip to Games Depot, I'm surprised some company hasn't cashed in on having a Twilight rpg book, but I suppose that the license/rights would just be too expensive of an initial investment. There's enough freeform Twilight games out there (based on the amount of ads I get on my advert sites) that it would sell like the proverbial hotcakes.

Posted: Jun 05 2010 01:45 pm

Posted: Jun 05 2010 02:20 pm

I had to get blood drawn last month. The ensuing two hours were not fun at all. The doctors insisted that they saw the color leave my skin a few seconds after the needle left my arm but it wasn't until 30 seconds later that I almost fainted and vomited. I never do that naturally so I am not looking forward to the next time. The fact that I hadn't eaten anything 12 hours prior didn't help. When I told the doctor that he was surprised because most only fast for four hours. That'll teach me.

Posted: Jun 05 2010 02:34 pm

so, three vampires walk into a bar.
waitress goes up and asks what they want to drink.
first vampire says "i vant a cup of blood"
second vampire says "i vant a cup of blood also"
third vampire says "i vant a cup of plasma"
waitress goes "ok, so 2 bloods, and a blood light"

Posted: Jun 07 2010 04:06 am

What do you call a gay vampire? A tooth fairy.

As to the question at hand, I gave blood once back in high school (oddly enough I'd also brought some Sabbat handbooks from 2E VtM that day to read when I'd finished assignments)