give em ya blood! - Page 2

panther · 29-12-2007, 17:15

i think it depends how much blood loss youve had

blazey · 29-12-2007, 19:43

There was an incident around 1980 where loads of blood got contaminated with HIV, I wonder if maybe that's the reason?

derekgas · 29-12-2007, 20:09

I don't mind giving blood, but my veins strongly object and run away hiding, the first 30 minutes is usually spent being stabbed to bits, feel like a second hand dartboard after!

blazey · 29-12-2007, 20:23

My boyfriend wont let me give blood. He is afraid of needles and he squirms at the slightest thing related to a needle, and a plaster covering the place where a needle has been in my arm is out of the question.

MargaretR · 29-12-2007, 20:23

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Originally Posted by blazey

There was an incident around 1980 where loads of blood got contaminated with HIV, I wonder if maybe that's the reason?

Screening of blood for hepatitis C wasn't done until mid 70s - that's how Anita Roddick got it, by transfusion during a caesarian.
Since then we have had the problems of HIV and BSE
So the screening methods need updating continuously as new threats emerge.

blazey · 29-12-2007, 23:02

Left to die: the hidden victims of an NHS blunder | Focus | The Observer

think this is what I was thinking of, many people where affected by it and many died because of the blunder.

harwood red · 30-12-2007, 00:08

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Originally Posted by blazey

My boyfriend wont let me give blood. He is afraid of needles and he squirms at the slightest thing related to a needle, and a plaster covering the place where a needle has been in my arm is out of the question.

Well tell him to get stuffed, if it's what you want to do then do it!!!!!!

All I say to anyone who doesn't like the idea of giving blood is...

"If you needed it in an emergency you would expect it to be there so what would happen if everyone felt the same way as you...you'd die!!!!"

derekgas · 30-12-2007, 00:14

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Originally Posted by harwood red

Well tell him to get stuffed, if it's what you want to do then do it!!!!!!

All I say to anyone who doesn't like the idea of giving blood is...

"If you needed it in an emergency you would expect it to be there so what would happen if everyone felt the same way as you...you'd die!!!!"

OK, ok i'm going already!

harwood red · 30-12-2007, 00:23

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Originally Posted by derekgas

OK, ok i'm going already!

good

and don't forget to ask for a local, I have to as they struggle sometimes to find my vein...it's in a funny place supposedly...bit like my brain sometimes I suppose

emamum · 30-12-2007, 01:15

does anyone know anything about blood types? i am orh negative and i have no idea what that means... i read about it on the site but i still dont understand.... sorry, i am tired lol

panther · 30-12-2007, 20:17

my mum is RH negative, because of this i had to have a blood transfusion at birth because my dad was RH positive.......i got antibodies so thats why they had to do the transfusion otherwise i would have died

so....as for RH negative its summat to do with Lacking an Rh factor!...what ever that means

entwisi · 30-12-2007, 20:26

I give as often as I can.

I agree with Harwood red, your never too squeamish to receive it!

shillelagh · 30-12-2007, 20:40

BBC - h2g2 - Blood Groups - an Overview

there you are ema and panther.

Wynonie Harris · 30-12-2007, 20:41

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Originally Posted by blazey

My boyfriend wont let me give blood.

And of course, you do everything he tells you to without question.

Do you walk ten yards behind him when you're out?

howarth · 30-12-2007, 20:47

Yeh thats true with the c section thingy, as i had 3 !! midwife once told me that you cnt give blood till baby was at least 9 mnths old, but the daft woman didnt realise that im a diabetic so therfore i cnt give blood any way lol