How many times have you given blood?

[SimonMac]

Well kudos to all that donate, & just think if you are A+ then it’s possible that I could have some of your blood in my system (got through about 12 units last year)

Unsurprisingly they don’t want my blood, but on the plus side I have not had a transfusion since February as the drugs seem to be working

[BrilloPad]

Me, me, me.

Can OCD be passed via blood???

You are thinking of CJD. Please keep fluffing the thread - it may lead to one more person giving blood.

Hopefully I will already be dead before they try and give me an injection

Hmmm - maybe I will attend the Leeds meet-up and caome in dressed as a surgeon with a large needle and get everyone to hold you down. Wouldn't that be funny? No? Alright then.....

[SimonMac]

Hmmm - maybe I will attend the Leeds meet-up and caome in dressed as a surgeon with a large needle and get everyone to hold you down. Wouldn't that be funny? No? Alright then.....

With your knee even the fat bastard that I am I should be able to out run you

[BrilloPad]

They said mine was the wrong colour.

I am sure if any other alien lizards come in wanting blood they will be back to you.

[mudskipper]

Had a really crap parkrun this morning. Having been running regularly round the 32 min mark and finally cracked sub-30 minutes last week for the first time, I was almost 35 minutes this week and completely done in (I just had a little afternoon snooze). Suddenly wondered if it could be related to having giving blood on Wednesday.
Returned to this thread to find out when I last donated (I remembered posting about the chairs) and it was 13 Feb. Looked at my parkrun history - 16 Feb's run was over two minutes slower than the weeks before it. Not exactly conclusive evidence, but I wonder if there's a connection - fewer red blood cells = less oxygen to the lungs and legs, it would make sense...

[BrilloPad]

Had a really crap parkrun this morning. Having been running regularly round the 32 min mark and finally cracked sub-30 minutes last week for the first time, I was almost 35 minutes this week and completely done in (I just had a little afternoon snooze). Suddenly wondered if it could be related to having giving blood on Wednesday.
Returned to this thread to find out when I last donated (I remembered posting about the chairs) and it was 13 Feb. Looked at my parkrun history - 16 Feb's run was over two minutes slower than the weeks before it. Not exactly conclusive evidence, but I wonder if there's a connection - fewer red blood cells = less oxygen to the lungs and legs, it would make sense...

Definetly a connection. I was advised to eat loads of iron just before donating due to iron man training. Or I would fail iron test and not be allowed to donate. I was very pleased you mentioned about not donating before surgery - they would not have noticed but it would have made my recovery worse(and surgeon says I have to spend all weekend flat in bed or on sofa - with knee higher than heart. And ice pack. And surgical stockings. And max painkillers. )

I think you should be eating lots more iron before/after donation - brocolli, spinach, steak. But I am no expert .

Have a read of this thread here TriTalk.co.uk :: View topic - Effects of Blood donor sessions on athletes

Usual mix of useful/rubbish posts there - every board has an MF.

[BrilloPad]

With your knee even the fat bastard that I am I should be able to out run you

What distance do you want to race over?

[mudskipper]

What distance do you want to race over?

Lol, my money would be on Brillo even if he's hopping!

[socialworker]

I avoided it for years beause Im not good with needles. Felt guilty about this because I have a friend who gives loads. Eventually one day I spotted a mobile unit in my lunch hour and went in. I passed out so badly it took them half an hour to bring me round and I could hear them debating whether to call an ambulance though I could not move. Note they didnt pour it back in though. The nurses missed their lunch break and when I eventually left they said, with a tight smile, "we don't want to see you again".

[mudskipper]

I avoided it for years beause Im not good with needles. Felt guilty about this because I have a friend who gives loads. Eventually one day I spotted a mobile unit in my lunch hour and went in. I passed out so badly it took them half an hour to bring me round and I could hear them debating whether to call an ambulance though I could not move. Note they didnt pour it back in though. The nurses missed their lunch break and when I eventually left they said, with a tight smile, "we don't want to see you again".

Hehe, at least you gave it a go!