Do Something Amazing
As a break from sorting through lots of photos of metal pressing machinery (oh what a glamorous life I lead) I went to give blood today. I haven't been for ages, mainly because I was put off by the experience I had last time.
You see, last time I gave, I went with Anne. We both still worked at Assureweb and when we got back to office, we were going up in the lift and she fainted on me - literally. It's a very scary thing to have someone just collapse, especially if that person happens to be someone you are married to! As the lift doors opened, the delivery man who was waiting was greeted by the sight of me hunched over, trying to sit my wife on the floor without passing out myself. I must have looked slightly manic as I faced him and ordered him to find me a First Aider! Anne was crook for the rest of the day and neither of us have given blood since.
So anyway, I went today and it was fine. The enormous needle still hurts when it goes in but I figure that's a small price to pay for helping to keep someone alive.
If you don't already, ignore the story of Anne's collapse and try giving blood!
bloody hell!!
June 22nd, 2006 at 8:42 pmI went once… Took alotta guts as I’m terrified of needles (to the extent that when I was dying of pnuemonia, they treated me orally not intravenally, ooh err Mrs.) I was psyched the whole time, through all of the hours of questions, the leaflets and the interview. At the end, she asked if I had anything else to add, I mentioned that though I don’t take any regular medication, I do have to have amoxycillin whenever I go to the dentist. It is amazing what some people consider obvious; I mean why would a heart murmer mean I couldn’t give blood eh?
June 23rd, 2006 at 8:26 amWell, suffice it to say that I went, I tried, I was chucked out.
Mrs Oxley - please refrain from using that kind os language.
SBG - I didn’t know you had a heart murmur (although it’s not exactly the kind of thing that pops up in conversation - “Hi, I’m Sean and I have a heart murmur”, “Er hi. That’ll be £1.20 for the milk then sir”)
June 23rd, 2006 at 8:44 am