Wolfhound
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Joined: June 2008
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| Quote (khan @ Mar. 12 2009,21:01) | | Quote (Wolfhound @ Mar. 12 2009,20:35) | OT (if that's possible at TBW): Gave blood 2 hours ago. Drove home. Fed horses, fed and watered chickens, gathered eggs from said chickens, fed parrot, fed dogs, fed cat, drank 3 Smirnoff Ices.
Wheeeeeeeeee! :p |
My next blood donation will be #160, 20 gallons (yes I know they switched to liters long ago). |
I'm a really bad pantywaist about needles and such after some stupid interns blew out multiple veins in each arm years ago when I was admitted to the ER for a pretty bad stomach virus. I'm pretty much phobic now. It takes a supreme act of will for me to donate blood due to my extremely bad experience but I've been slowly gaining confidence. Before, I used to get cold sweats and dizziness plus nausea if I even spied the needle. Today I saw the vampiremobile in the grocery store parking lot on the the way home from work so figured what the hell. I made sure to buy my alcohol while shopping for later use/reward.
I have very low blood pressure and bad veins so present a challenge to the phlebotomists to find and successfully pierce said veins, and to myself for holding still long enough to let them dig around and strike oil. Today they tried my right arm first and couldn't get the vein. They were going to let me go but I insisted they try the left arm since I had already let them puncture my fuck off finger for the hemoglobin test and my right arm was hurting anyway after the abortive attempt. Plus they had wasted 45 minutes of my life up until that point. Might as well make it worth it.
I got a stupid t-shirt that's 2 sizes too big and a lousy bottle of water but gained more self-confidence. I'm a fairly sought-after blood type so I'm going to make a point of donating when I can from now on. This might prepare me better for when and if they match my DNA profile to somebody on the waiting list for bone marrow. Yeah, I sent off the cheek swab last month. I'm hoping they need me yet dreading that they will. Sigh.
20 gallons. Holy shit! That's a lot of Grey Goose. You're a better, braver, juicier person than I!
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I've found my personality to be an effective form of birth control.
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