Comments on: National Blood Donor Week http://scarletwords.com/2009/09/09/national-blood-donor-week/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:25:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Sherry http://scarletwords.com/2009/09/09/national-blood-donor-week/comment-page-1/#comment-14173 Sherry Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:09:01 +0000 http://scarletwords.com/?p=1620#comment-14173 I have donated blood once... well *kind of once* I passed all the formalities but my problem started after about 1 minute after my blood was being taken. I started to feel really faint and sick. I asked the nurse if that was normal and she said that some people just can not do it and it was SOP to stop right then and there, so they did. She did tell me that there was about half a bag, which they still should b able to use (i hope so anyway!) I keep getting letters telling me that I should come back and stuff, but I'm scared. She said it may not happen again, but if it does then I can't be a donor. I have donated blood once… well *kind of once* I passed all the formalities but my problem started after about 1 minute after my blood was being taken. I started to feel really faint and sick. I asked the nurse if that was normal and she said that some people just can not do it and it was SOP to stop right then and there, so they did. She did tell me that there was about half a bag, which they still should b able to use (i hope so anyway!) I keep getting letters telling me that I should come back and stuff, but I’m scared. She said it may not happen again, but if it does then I can’t be a donor.

]]> By: Leigh http://scarletwords.com/2009/09/09/national-blood-donor-week/comment-page-1/#comment-14140 Leigh Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:26:09 +0000 http://scarletwords.com/?p=1620#comment-14140 Thanks for helping spread the word Elizabeth :) Thanks for helping spread the word Elizabeth :)

]]> By: tiff http://scarletwords.com/2009/09/09/national-blood-donor-week/comment-page-1/#comment-14137 tiff Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:57:45 +0000 http://scarletwords.com/?p=1620#comment-14137 Thank you for this. Awareness is such an important part of donation and makes a big difference to people like Ivy. Thank you for this.

Awareness is such an important part of donation and makes a big difference to people like Ivy.

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