Giving blood

[Verix]

I'm an eighteen year old (well nineteen in a few weeks) and i've recently recieved my new blood donors card for having donated 5 times. I've now set myself the target of getting the top card possible. To do this i'll need to give blood one hundred times, assuming i give blood three times a year i'll be in my 50's by the time i manage this!

Anywho, the whole thing sort of sparked my curiosity. How mnany times has everyone out there in AB land donated blood?

[chinadog]

Sorry Princess, I've been putting some washing in the machine. I was given blood in the 70's just a pint. I've been giving blood for at least 18 years. Nothing was mentioned to me about not being able to donate.

[*Princess*]

Ohh chinadog, I think it was an issue if you'd recieved some blood from 1980 onwards, not quite sure why. Sorry if I got that wrong, I apologise! Just my Mam had a transfusion during an op in...2004 and when she went to donate, she was refused! (Seems a bit daft when they're so despearate for blood!) Anyway, apologies about that, I'm sorry. 18 years donating, wow, that's fantastic :o)

[Ice.Maiden]

I think what they do now, is like someone who's received a transfusion to wait for something like 2 years or more before they can themselves give blood. This's to give infections time to show up during screening, as some of them don't at first.

[*Princess*]

My Mam got a donation in 2004 ish, still won't let her. Actually they told her since she had one since 1978 she couldn't, but looking on the website it's 1980. Strange.

[chinadog]

No probs Princess. My hubby and son give blood as well. My daughter cant she goes green at the sight of blood..lol
Yeh Ice you could be right.

[Ice.Maiden]

Whatever, as you say princess, it's brilliant that anyone donates blood isn't it?

[*Princess*]

Sure is Ice Maiden!

[chinadog]

Maybe she could ask why not Princess. Im off to my bed to get some zzzzzz's. Nite nite.

[Ice.Maiden]

Night china. Think I'd better get off myself now. I forgot that I'm down for doing the school run this morning!!
Night princess, pink, everyone who's still around. Mad dash upstairs now! x

[mrs.chappie]

Many years ago I used to be called to our local hospital to give blood "fresh" for operations (don't know if they do this nowadays).

Unfortunately I developed blood pressure problems, so the BTS stopped calling for me.

[bensmum]

I gave blood for years but had to stop because of medication I now have to take permanently. I also had a transfusion a few years back which is another reason they won't take it. But at least they had about 15 years worth out of me.

[smouse]

76 for me