So I am definitely NOT donating blood again. I am the type of person who is totally pro blood and organ donations. I've been trying to donate blood for years, but either I get turned down because of my red blood cell count, or when I actually get okay'd to donate, I pass out mid-donation (yes I passed out and even had a convulsion LOL, craziness). and yet I continue trying.
So today I tried, and I got okay'd! Yet it wasn't as successful as I would have liked. It took forever to find a good enough vein, because all of my veins are apparently super skinny LOL. And then while the blood is coming out it all of a sudden stops after around 400 g. So we had to stop, and the pint only had enough blood for red blood cell donation, nothing else, yet it was something. However to use the pint of blood, they need to fill up 4 little tubes which they use for blood tests to determine I have no contagious sicknesses and stuff. The problem is that the vein no longer was pumping any blood, so they had to find another vein to fill up the tubes. Long story short, they poked me 6 more times, in 6 different spots, to finally be able to pump out enough blood from two of the spots to be able to fill the tubes. The worse part was that in each spot they like dug under my skin for like 5 minutes or more in each spot. It was terrible, lol, luckily I'm not afraid of needles.
Moral of the Story: I cannot donate blood. My veins are too skinny, my blood flow is too slow, and my hemoglobin level is usually too low. Although my intentions are great, I have to admit my limitations. Plus I was too much of a problem for the nurses ROFL. I'll have to rely on other sources to feel like a good human being :P
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