So I'm at the blood drive yesterday, giving blood, right? And I get about 90-95% done and the guy tells me I'm all clotted off- no more blood coming out. I'm like huh? So he's taking the stuff off and as I'm getting up he says, "Sorry it didn't work out." What?? So the entire thing was a waste?? All that blood was a total waste? I can't even feel like I helped save someone? What- you needed like an ounce more?? Can't you just get it outta' the other arm?
I was so bummed. This has never happened to me before. It's stuff like this that makes me think everything does not have a purpose under heaven.
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Life is tough but it's tougher if you're stupid. -John Wayne
I don't give blood because a liver enzyme was out of whack last time and they just threw it away. It just annoyed me so much... I really ought to go see what that whole enzyme thing was about... sigh... I hate doctors... (nothing personal, Organist... :) )
--Ray
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I'm not slow; I'm special. (Don't take it personally, everyone finds me offensive. Yet somehow I manage to live with myself.)
I also haven't given blood since high school, because of initially the feeling of passing out. My Dad used to give blood all the time, and then he started passing out. I took my cue from him and stopped taking a chance, and the folks with the red cross agreed it probably wasn't wise for me to continue. They hated telling me that because I'm a universal donor (O-).
But, as I've grown older, I have certain health concerns that would probably preclude me from it altogether.
Hey Ray, you should have told them to put it back in ya!
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It seems to me the only thing you've learned is that Caesar is a "salad dressing dude."
With all due respect, it has nothing to do with being a wimp. If I didn't know you were tryin' to razz us, I'd be "on you like ugly on an ape" (Sandy Cheeks).
Passing out or feeling faint while giving blood is not something folks running a blood drive want happening. I was told by my doctor, as was my Dad at the time by the same family physician, it is not normal and can cause other more serious problems if one is prone to it.
I was 17 when I was told to stop giving blood, and this after only like 3 or 4 times of actually being a donor. And I was very fit, a high school wrestler, and yet each time I was a donor, it took longer to recover. The last time took a whole day of sleep.
I just about passed out once a couple years ago in the doctor's office from just the nurse drawing blood for a blood test. Now, that was indeed a combination of being a wimp and the fact I hadn't eaten that morning (fasting blood test) and the fact the nurse hit a sensitive spot / nerve and well, dang it, it hurt!
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It seems to me the only thing you've learned is that Caesar is a "salad dressing dude."
When I was working on the El-power station at the King Faisal Hospital in Saudi Arabia, I found many of my tradesmen, who were from Ireland, were going into the hospital and selling their blood every week or two, giving different names each subsequent visit. They were paid an exorbitant amount for each 1/2 litre, 3-4 times the usual rate in the US. That was big $s by their standards.
I wonder if they had to go through all the questions... you know, like, "Have you had sex in the last 12 months with someone who's EVER had a homosexual relationship?" or "Have you been to these 43 countries for more than so many months in the last 5 years?" etc...
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Life is tough but it's tougher if you're stupid. -John Wayne
So he's taking the stuff off and as I'm getting up he says, "Sorry it didn't work out." What?? So the entire thing was a waste?? All that blood was a total waste? I can't even feel like I helped save someone? What- you needed like an ounce more?? Can't you just get it outta' the other arm?
If I didn't know you were tryin' to razz us, I'd be "on you like ugly on an ape" (Sandy Cheeks). 
