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Blood donating?
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had my first joint after 5 months three days ago will this stop me from donating blood for the first time tomorrow?
thank you
have a good wkend!
thank you
have a good wkend!
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according to blagsta, no it doesn't stop you.
You can ring the phoneline and ask without giving any details and they will also tell you whether you need to put it on the questionnaire or not.
It would come under the medication/drugs in the last week section on the form. One thing you must NEVER do is LIE on the forms.
They did that to me last time and I was bruised for a fortnight. Its a good thing to do, a hell of a lot of people dont do it. I have a needle phobia, and I still go and do it.
The weight restriction is for your own benefit, if you don't weigh much your body probably won't be able to handle giving blood.
I guess once I'm passed out though they can just keep taking it and I won't notice or care.
Plus they always have trouble, the bloodflow will occasionally just stop, usually happens twice in a taking, every time.
Are people typically good with taking blood? Nice and caring when bad things happen? Or are they all mean people like the tv makes them out to be.
Could they handle my sporadic blood flow and neediness of juice boxes? Or would they probably just reject me from the get go.
It's for your safety...
Blood is actually about 7% of your weight, and when they take blood they take between 400-500ml... So if you weigh 60kg, means you got around 4 litres of blood in you and if they take an eighth of that, it is a lot...
I used to know more about this...
If you faint they stop taking blood, fainting is a defence mechanism and continuing to steal your blood after that would be rather cruel to your system.
I wouldn't try giving blood until you can manage a blood test, they probably wouldn't go through with it anyway.
Unfortunatly just the thought of it makes me feel wierd, sick, and makes my arm turn to jelly. Im really bad with needles especially needles that take things.
I was wondering why is this and would it not be the same for a hetrosexual couple having anal sex? It only says two men, not a man and a woman.
If my circumstances change, I'll definitely become a donor.
Its a similar logic to the one they apply to anyone who has been paid for sex.
While it seems judgemental it's in the best interest of the sick people who need the blood.