Do you Give Blood?

[Unknown]

Hi, it's Nick. I started giving blood at the end of last year. Three times now! I have become very cold and nauseated every time. I have become addicted to the Blood Snacks:tm:

Please find attached my map of places that my blood has gone. They're very far from me.

[starsystemerror]

I've given blood a couple times, at my doctor's recommendation, but I haven't done it in years. The one place I used to donate before I moved still calls me sometimes asking for donations, though.

I tried to donate plasma a couple times last year but had a bad reaction to the chemicals they use to put the non-plasma blood back in, so I passed out both times...not doing that again.

[palabomeno]

I have always wanted to sell my plasma but due to Certain Circumstances I cannot. Maybe I should just donate whole blood for free....

[Unknown]

I have always wanted to sell my plasma but due to Certain Circumstances I cannot. Maybe I should just donate whole blood for free....

Even if you do donate 'for free' they have sent me 15-30$ in gift certificates to wherever I want every time. So that's a very nice incentive.

[feely]

I've donated blood a few times! the first couple times were fine but the last three i did before my top surgery made me almost faint, and i threw up at one of them :( Since then I haven't donated since it makes me so sick no matter what

[brilokuloj]

I would like to give blood, I will probably have to one day, but my body has a funny superpower where if it senses a butterfly needle within 1 mile of it I have a panic attack disproportionate to my actual mood and I die.

[finsterhund]

in Canada if you're a gay man who's sexually active you're "not allowed" :/
It should come as no surprise though that I do meet that criteria. However, I kinda boycott on principal? which is fucked up I guess, people need blood even my shitty junk food sugar in the McDonalds fries blood, it tastes good yes but should you really have it all the time blood, but I have a friend who's a universal donor who legally can't donate, so it pisses me off.

[Unknown]

In additional news, I'm going to swap to join the bone marrow registry. I'm going to do that and send it out Monday.