blood donor

[excelsior-1]

good afternoon folks.

just got back from donating for the 70th time (feel very proud) especially as i have a morbid fear of needles.
the rest of my family did not/do not donate for an assortment of reasons.

it set me wondering ... how many of you good people are blood donors - and what number are you up to?

[excelsior-1]

my gold book is tucked away somewhere.
now, of course it's a gold card.

[LazyGun]

@excelsior - congratulations on reaching 70 units - a real milestone achievement :)

Donor myself, though only in the low 20s.

It is worth remembering that in the UK, all blood donations come from unpaid volunteers, and that roughly 2 million units of blood are collected from just 1,5 million donors. It would help things enormously if more people volunteered to donate....

http://www.blood.co.uk/

[joggerjayne]

I'm not sure how many I've done.

It used to be every six months, and now it's three or four a year.

[yogi-bear]

I dont keep a count but must be over 40 now....always remember my first one...the nurse must have thought I was a bit anxious, smiled at me and said " Dont worry honey... its only a little prick".................

........I thought the gopher had slipped out of my shorts.

[joggerjayne]

The "gopher" ???

[yogi-bear]

Yeah..related to Gordon, Miss JJ x......I call him Percy :0)

[joggerjayne]

LOL

[joeluke]

I remember the days of the old blue book in which they stuck a dated ticket every time you donated.....and when they still took the blood from your ear lobe to test for iron

Think I'm up to about 45 donations now

[Psybbo]

I must dig out my old blue book, it's in one of those handbags somewhere with old payslips, maybe even some money, right that's Wednesday's chore

[campbellking]

When I got to my 50th donation, they sent me a certificate with my name spelled incorrectly on it. Made me laugh, as I work in a hospital, and you should see just how much care is taken over correctly matching donor blood to recipient typing.