Poll: Blood Doning

[scw55]

As much as I wish I would, I *hate* having a needle in my veins.
I've had two blood tests and both times I found it very uncomfortable. It's not the jab of the needle that I dislike. That is over and done with, with a lot of irrational dread before hand. Blood tests you feel the needle deep in you and it stays there for a bit. 10 seconds? But it feels a lot longer.

I imagine it'd be a similar sensation as donating blood, but they would take a lot more than just a few vials.


Obtaining an organ doner's card is something I've seriously considered however. Mainly because you won't feel them remove your organs asI'd have (hopefully) died a natural death of old age.

No, I won't donate blood anytime soon.
It's because The Canadian Blood Service say that since I'm gay, even though I've never had sex before, I automatically have HIV/AIDS and want to infect people with my blood, so they ban me.

I didn't know that you had to state your sexuality to complete strangers.

 

[dyre]

No, I don't see myself donating blood in the future. I'm not needle-phobic, but I am lose-lots-of-blood-phobic. I blacked out during a blood test once.

But it's cool that other people are willing to do it. Personally, I'm stuck donating money.

 

[spartan231490]

I plan to donate next time there is a local drive. It would just be nice if they would fucking advertise them so I could make time instead of me hearing about a drive going on right now when I'm on my way to work. I've already missed like a dozen because I either hear about them when days after they are over, or when I'm on my way to work and I don't have time before they shut down. I mean, you would think if they wanted blood so fucking bad they would go to the effort of putting up one sign, or one radio add, or hell, just tell the professors to say "Hey guys, there's a blood drive next week, go donate." How fucking hard is that?

Sorry for the mini-rant, it pisses me off that I want to donate and can't because the people who run donations on this college are drooling retards.

 

[PurpLemons]

Donating later today at my old school.

 

[spartan231490]

Also, it's blood donating. Doning is either not a word, or related to the verb: to don, as in to wear, and wearing blood is a bit weird, don't you think.

 

[ultimateownage]

Not a clue what blood type I am. I'm too horribly afraid if needles to do it, despite them basically being a little cut. I conquered my fear of the Jab kind of needles, but I still hate the ones which suck blood out of you and I'm never going near a Drip.

 

[Pearwood]

I didn't know that you had to state your sexuality to complete strangers.

It's one of very few cases where you do have to answer, gay males are labelled as high risk for HIV. Honestly the numbers back it up to some degree, gay males have a much higher risk than straight couples who have a higher risk than gay female couples but it's a bit of a silly system. As far as I know they ask if you're a practicing homosexual, meaning people who haven't had sex don't count as high risk but still.

To answer the original question - no for two reasons. Most importantly - I always pass out when having blood tests, giving blood takes far more blood than having those tests done so odds are I'd pass out then too. Secondly I think guys are hot. Never had anal sex though so I'd just say that and I could.

 

[loc978]

I spent too long in the ass-end of Europe and the Middle East. The red cross won't let me donate blood ever again... which is sad... my blood type makes me a universal donor.

 

[Odbarc]

I don't want to give blood. My energy levels are already pretty poor and losing blood will only make it worse.
Plus I take a lot of... supplements for the gym. If my blood goes to some little girl, she'll grow a mustache.

 

[Alexias_Sandar]

No, there isn't. However, that's because I have medical problems that make me unacceptable as a donor. Anyone that's on some of the medications I'm on isn't allowed.

 

[Kefo]

I have my blood taken every 2 months...at which point they incinerate it. Have a rare disease where I produce too many red blood cells and Canadian Blood Services tells me its tainted. Lets see 18 years and counting at 500mL per visit and about 6 visits a year.....54 litres of blood wasted so far

 

[freaper]

I just went last month. O positive bitchessssss.

Our university organizes the donations, and to attract more people they even gave away free playboys.

 

[Eleima]

I've been donating blood for over 10 years now, but they won't take you if you've given birth recently, so I'll have to wait a bit before I can go back.

 

[Sir Rammington Steel]

I gave plasma a little while back. That was a new and interesting experience. I do that when I can, but usually I just give blood.

 

[crudus]

Why is there no poll option for "I can't give blood anytime soon because I have to wait several weeks in between appointments."?

Why is there no option for "I am not aloud to donate blood"?

No you cannot. There are not enough benefits for me to go do it in Sweden. All I get is like... 40 sek and a coupon for a free sandwich, plus we have quite a lot of blood here, I think it is only 0-blood that we lack.

Isn't O the most common blood type? How are you low on that? Unless hospitals just give people O if they don't know what blood to give them.

Also, lets not forget that AB- means you are a universal donor for plasma. You can donate/sell plasma two times a week.

 

[BlackStar42]

I can't, I'm under the weight limit. I'm not gaining 12 pounds just to stabbed in the arm.

 

[Blow_Pop]

Why is there no poll option for "I can't give blood anytime soon because I have to wait several weeks in between appointments."?

I concur. They won't let me yet cause of that stupid rule of having to wait....Seriously I just did it a month or two ago and I regularly donate anyway.

 

[crazyfoxdemon]

I can't. I just got back from central America.. And pretty much every place requires you to wait 6 months before donating..

 

[Techsmart07]

Not anytime soon. I've donate blood 3 times, but last year I started having some fainting spells. Since then, I've been paranoid about doing anything that could cause me to faint again, since the last thing I want is "here's you bloo..."
Also, most donation places near me don't offer much motivation. "Thanks for the blood, here's a peanut butter cracker and a juicebox, now get out." Considering how much they will charge someone else for using my blood (assuming its in a hospital), you think they could share a little more than that.

 

[Nalbis]

I voted no, the simple fact of the matter is I'm too lazy, the nearest place for me to give blood is a 45 minute walk away (I have no means of transport) and I just don't feel like taking the time out of my day to do so, and even if I did chances would be I'd forget. Its not a good reason to not give blood but that's how it is for me. Also the things I put into my system on a regular basis probably wouldn't make for the best given blood.