Blood donation nerves!!!

[MyGSXF:Me]

Better than good love!

UUmmm... no details necessary there my dear...

No oysters for me again though

ferk.. I reckon mate!!! leave them for MM aye!!

One time the Taranaki health board decided to just use direct route, i.e no local first, just sharp needle

huh..??? whadda ya mean.. "no local first"..??!! are you sayin that they give ya a local first.. then the big jab???

scuse me.. I gotta go DEEEEEEEPPP breathe for a while now....

[sinned]

Everyone who can should donate as so many can't. Mad cows and Englishmen plus all the sex related diseases mean too many partners and you are off the list. I was a regular donor until I had an op so am off the list for a while. Being an 0 neg group means my blood is in demand.

It is not pleasant having needles inserted but it is all over in 30 minutes plus a bit of a rest. If you have low blood pressure like I do it doesn't pay to leap off the coach otherwise there is this noise like a train coming and everything goes grey. I have had my legs lifted to push some blood to the head -- not trying to put you off.

Just do it!

[MyGSXF:Me]

Being an 0 neg group means my blood is in demand

welcome to the 9% club!!

I have had my legs lifted to push some blood to the head -- not trying to put you off.

not much...

Just do it!

uuumm.. ok...

[SixPackBack]

I watch them put the needle in

Yeah me to. 'corse the multiple 3 hour Tattoo sessions tend to rid an individual of 'needle fear'

[MyGSXF:Me]

Yeah me to. 'corse the multiple 3 hour Tattoo sessions tend to rid an individual of 'needle fear'

You big tough biker you..

[ynot slow]

Yeah me to. 'corse the multiple 3 hour Tattoo sessions tend to rid an individual of 'needle fear'

So do numerous blood tests,prior to finding cancer,then the associated chemo sessions lol.

[vifferman]

whadda ya mean.. "no local first"..??!! are you sayin that they give ya a local first.. then the big jab???

No, they don't. It doesn't hurt much though.

[Donor]

17 years of donating, and watching the needle go in is still my favourite part...

Trick is, to go in one evening (if they have evening collections near you?) right near closing time, 'cos nine times out of ten they'll ask you to scoff the remaining choc bikkies lest they have to bin them!

Think of it as sex - one small prick, and you've given someone a chance at new life

[vifferman]

17 years of donating, and watching the needle go in is still my favourite part...

Meh.
It doesn't bother me much. I can't say I enjoy that part, but I do find the whole experience a good one.
I dunno how many donations I've given, because I've donated in Hamilton, Christchurch, Tauranga and D'Auckland, so the total's been lost.
I started in 82ish, so it must be a few. Having a ride in an ambulance when I trashed my first bike was a trigger to "do something good".
That reminds me: my second ride in an ambulance was the day after I gave blood. I got some very strange looks in hospital when they saw the needle mark in my arm.

[ynot slow]

17 years of donating, and watching the needle go in is still my favourite part...
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Mine too,but changes when they can't get the vein,or litterely put needle through it.

Had a nurse put in an iv needle last year,she must have done something wrong,she said oops and must have got a spurt,quite a bit of blood on the bed hehe.

[Toaster]

0800 448 325
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Jen

I feel a challenge coming on......

[MyGSXF:Me]

I feel a challenge coming on......

I'm already booked in!! 9.40am 22nd April!

How bout you...??

[McDuck]

I cant donate for another 2 months. I will be trying for a sub 4 min fill

[MyGSXF:Me]

Trick is, to go in one evening,right near closing time, 'cos nine times out of ten they'll ask you to scoff the remaining choc bikkies lest they have to bin them!

I shall remember that for next time!!!

Think of it as sex - one small prick, and you've given someone a chance at new life

That reminds me: my second ride in an ambulance was the day after I gave blood. I got some very strange looks in hospital when they saw the needle mark in my arm.

lols... a closet junkie huh!!??

Had a nurse put in an iv needle last year,she must have done something wrong,she said oops and must have got a spurt,quite a bit of blood on the bed hehe.

no scary stories pleeeeease.. I still break out in a case of anxiety thinking bout it as it is...

[MGST]

[QUOTE=MyGSXF;1512781] the thought of a needle being stuck in me for such a long period of time.. gives me the shits!
/QUOTE]

The needle isn't in long. It depends on heart rate etc how fast the blood comes out. Every person is different. The quickest I have done it in is 4 minutes 34 seconds ( quicker than average ). It's no stress. Once the needle is in and they tape the hose on etc you just lie back and relax.