Blood your country needs you

Im a regular but couldn't believe the pestering for me to not miss my next session. And when I turned up donators was in short supply. Come on lads and lasses you know it makes sense do your bit.

 

Not going to be able to for a while but echo the sentiments of your post.

 

They won't take mine because of my bicuspid aortic valve

 

Used to give but can’t now as diabetic

 

I think one of the problems of donating is getting past the screening, the huge list of ailments people have to get past before giving. In the olden days you just gave it with no questions asked, providing you had some spare.

 

A vicar, a priest and a rabbit go to donate. The nurse asks what blood group they are. “I think I’m a typo” says the rabbit

 

Wrong thread

 

I might have posted it before on the right thread but I just find it very funny and couldn’t resist it.

 

Just given my 20th donation - try and give three times a year. They are asking me to donate platelets next - anyone else done that?

 

I used to but Heart problems have stop me giving the claret

 

You must be a healthy specimen.

 

Probably A+? Males are more likely to be able to donate platelets.

 

Was a regular, did it for years but my medication now disqualifies me.

 

A- apparently one of the rare ones

 

I used to give blood but I’ve stopped now. Too many questions: “Whose blood is it?” “Where did you get it?” “Why is it in a bucket?”
That’s it for blood donation jokes.

 

If it wasn't for blood donors I wouldn't be here today. Bled out after severing a main artery last year... all the blood I got was from Manchester.

 

Used to go to Leicester twice a year to give Platelets (think there’s one in Sheffield) but now diabetic so can’t do that or bloods.

 

My blood goes to Manchester im o+cmv- which means it goes to new born and transplant patients. The o+ are common as muck but I've never had the cyclo mega virus which also is common as muck so makes it good for people with no immune system.

 

Really like the little message you get to tell you which hospital it has gone to - went to Sheffield last time. Made me chuckle someone from Sheffield has a pint of Barnsley's finest swilling around in side of them

 

This thread made me do a bit of research. I've been here since 1996, but have been unable to donate, due to CJD restrictions. Basically, if you lived in the UK during the eighties, you could be carrying the disease, so no donating. I see that the restriction was lifted in 2022.