Donating red stuff with Donor...

**gijoe1313** · 26th July 2007, 22:29

Well, finally gotten out of discombobulated state after I went to give blood today! First time ever.

I was a bit

when I approached the thumb-jab room and memories of my stay in hospital with it's vampiric nurses brought up old fears.

Nothing could be further from the truth! The thumb-jab was painless and quick and the actual extraction of 470 points of aqua vitae sanguine was as easy as squeezing the rubber ball!

Donor and I were chatting free and easy as you like in the relaxing couches as the merry liquid wound down into the collection bag (mmm..nice and warm is blood at body temp.)

And at the end, we heartily scoffed raisin pasties, shrewsberry cookies, tim tams and other biscuity delights - all quaffed down with copius quantities of R...A..R..O... Raro!

Lovely staff made sure we weren't about to faint from loss of blood and as we left, we chortled at the sight of try-hard boi-racer doing burn-out in a wash n'pay!

So.... go and sign up and donate some time and blood for a good cause!

Linky here for more info! ---> http://www.nzblood.co.nz/

**0arbreaka** · 26th July 2007, 22:33

Wouldnt mind donating blood sometime, do they tell you what blood type you are when they do the test? Because I still have no idea what blood type I am. Im up for anything as long as theres some biscuits involved.

**McJim** · 26th July 2007, 22:42

They won't let me or the missus donate blood since there were 157 YES FOLKS 157 cases of vCJD by 2004 (Gasp) Out of a population of 60,000,000 that's ....that's....not exactly a fucken epidemic.

However the NZ Blood service would rather let a 20 year old bloke die on the operating table than take a 157/60,000,000 chance of his contracting CJD in later life.

Heigh ho. Rant over.

**Storm** · 26th July 2007, 22:43

Yes they do tell you and you will get a little donor card that tells you what type you are for these future moment of confusion

Go and gove blood- like Bruce Almighty said "the life you save, may be mine"

**Storm** · 26th July 2007, 22:45

PS They dont want that foreign DNA infecting good Kiwis on the table McJim- some poor unsuspecting sod wakes up and starts whinging about everything and wanting copius amounts of tea- oh the humanity!!

**canarlee** · 26th July 2007, 22:45

apparantly i cant give blood!

summit to do with having glandular fever a few years ago.

*i should think there would be more alchohol than blood there anyway lol*

**gijoe1313** · 26th July 2007, 22:47

Originally Posted by 0arbreaka

Wouldnt mind donating blood sometime, do they tell you what blood type you are when they do the test? Because I still have no idea what blood type I am. Im up for anything as long as theres some biscuits involved.

I guess I should have asked those questions! But I was so busy stuffing my gob with free biccies I plumb fergot!

Donor? You there Donor? Or did you light up a ciggie so you could get an increased hit of nicotine in your blood stream due to less volume of blood!

Donor would know. He knows all sort of scary but fascinating stuff connected with bits being in and outside of bodies!

**gijoe1313** · 26th July 2007, 22:49

Originally Posted by McJim

They won't let me or the missus donate blood since there were 157 YES FOLKS 157 cases of vCJD by 2004 (Gasp) Out of a population of 60,000,000 that's ....that's....not exactly a fucken epidemic.

However the NZ Blood service would rather let a 20 year old bloke die on the operating table than take a 157/60,000,000 chance of his contracting CJD in later life.

Heigh ho. Rant over.

The point is, it's yer Scottish blood they take umbrage with! The fear of a person waking up and suddenly taking on an accent and querying the medical charges is always to be considered, first and foremost!

**0arbreaka** · 26th July 2007, 22:52

Is this place open weekends by any chance?

**gijoe1313** · 26th July 2007, 22:54

Originally Posted by 0arbreaka

Is this place open weekends by any chance?

According to their website details...weekdays only... quite a few locations and mobile operations by the look of it!

**0arbreaka** · 26th July 2007, 22:57

Dagnamit, cant do it during the week due to work, might see when my next day off is.

**gijoe1313** · 26th July 2007, 23:02

Originally Posted by 0arbreaka

Dagnamit, cant do it during the week due to work, might see when my next day off is.

Most centres have late nights on Tuesday and Thursdays. I did it this evening with Donor driving me there as I found six shades of yellow on my back and started clucking... got there at 7.40pm...dagnabbit! Had to go through with it!

Opens till 8pm on those days!

**Usarka** · 27th July 2007, 07:37

Donating blood is good for guys to get rid of iron. the way i see it if you would accept it in a time of need then you should be prepared to donate.

knock back a pint afterwards waheeeey

And make sure you watch Blade before you go, then wonder where the blood really does go to...... muhahahahahahaha

**Indiana_Jones** · 27th July 2007, 07:53

I'm from the motherland (read England) so they don't want my blood.

But i'm sure heaps more KBer's will make up for me!

-Indy

**Usarka** · 27th July 2007, 07:55

Originally Posted by McJim

They won't let me or the missus donate blood since there were 157 YES FOLKS 157 cases of vCJD by 2004 (Gasp) Out of a population of 60,000,000 that's ....that's....not exactly a fucken epidemic.

However the NZ Blood service would rather let a 20 year old bloke die on the operating table than take a 157/60,000,000 chance of his contracting CJD in later life.

Heigh ho. Rant over.

a little bird told me you used to ride a honda are you sure thats the reason why you cant give blood

baahahaaha -

just kidding