How many times have you given blood?

[mudskipper]

correction - he called himself A Rhesus negative ?? (and he called me a right little B)

Ah - you can't disown him then!

[Jeebo72]

You forgot option they won't have you. Darn prossie questions!

And the drugs ...

[cailin maith]

Same here. I was more worried about injections during labour than anything else. Had lots of blood taken and injections during that, so I think my fear is less now.

I'm no longer as horrified by needles, but still not sure I could voluntarily go and give blood - even though I know I should, I really should.

CM, it's probably one of those things that is worse in your mind than in reality (a bit like giving birth*)

*Scrap that, that was effing horrible.

Oh Mary - I'm so broody - my best mate from home had her 2nd the other night - a little girl and I'm soooooo broody! In fact, the last 8 nights running, I've dreamt I was pregnant...

my dad was rare, AB-ve, he was always getting calls in the middle of the night, because they reckoned they could give his blood to anyone


Pale fellow, my dad was

My Aunt is that - Mammy has to give her Iron Injections at least twice a month (Mam was the district nurse)!

[BrilloPad]

Maybe shouldn't point this out on a public forum but....

An AB parent can't have an O child - O is the recessive gene.

So if you're A you can be AA or OA
If you're B you can be BB or OB
If you're AB you're AB
and if you're O you're OO

You inherit one gene from each parent. Unless you have the Bombay Phenotype...

I knew O level biology would come in handy one day!

Are you saying that one day we will all be AB?

[mudskipper]

Nope. It's like the blue eyes/brown eyes thing.

[Sysman]

I went once and failed on the "at risk of malaria due to travel" question.

I read the pamphlet before registering, and because of recent travels disqualified myself. I just never got around to doing it again.

And in certain countries you don't trust the hypodermics (the advice was to take your own in case you need them).

[Halo Jones]

They don't want mine: Pernicious anemia

[shaunbhoy]

20 donations for me.............O Pos............Luvly!

[ASB]

Keep giving.

I can't, but I do receive an infusion every few months for 5 days. Apparently it takes 10,000 donors to extract the immuno globulin I receive.

[EternalOptimist]

Keep giving.

I can't, but I do receive an infusion every few months for 5 days. Apparently it takes 10,000 donors to extract the immuno globulin I receive.

well thats very nice isnt it ?

my little platelets are keeping you in immuno globulin
and my little taxes on the plate are keeping the snot globule in Downing st