From the article: Blood Transfusions, Blood Donation and Blood Typing
Have you donated blood in the past? Are you considering donating blood in the future? Have you donated blood for your own transfusion (autologous transfusion) or to help others? Share your experience with blood donation now! Share Your Experience
Patience
- I donated recently and my right arm was bruised for days because they said they may have gotten a piece of skin stuck in the needle. So then they switched arms and took the blood from that side. People said I should have told them no to the other arm, but if its helping what is a little bit of pain for someone else. So now I got a letter in the mail saying I ...am a rare blood type member. BLOOD TYPE (O NEG)..... S-,C-,E-,K:-1,Fy(A-) OTHER.....Fy(b-),Jk(b-)
- —Guest Rexferd
Turned Away
- I am forbidden to donate blood in the US......................... Editor's Note: Gay men are not permitted to donate blood in the United States. For more information, read this article: http://gaylife.about.com/od/stdsgeneralhealth/a/blooddonation.htm
- —Guest Mike
I Gave!
- It really was no big deal. I took a short quiz about my health, and gave a drop of blood. After that, it took about 20 minutes to donate and then they gave me a cookie. It really could not have been any easier.
- —McPootenStein
