Author Topic: Give Blood (Read 23451 times)

Slick_Beef · « **Reply #200 on:** January 29, 2011, 01:41:33 pm »

Quote from: cathy-lfc-taff on January 28, 2011, 11:24:46 pm

It's alright love

haha

Went along this morning. Went well except that the doctor there was a Spanish fella who, upon seeing on my passport that I was from Liverpool, felt the need to tell me that Torres was the best player in the world and was irreplaceable. Is nowhere safe?!

Treasure Everywhere · « **Reply #201 on:** January 29, 2011, 03:25:06 pm »

... but you may find that blood is not enough.

swoopy · « **Reply #202 on:** February 7, 2011, 05:52:47 pm »

Went along to the DW stadium this afternoon to complete it for the first time... Felt very smug sat there in one of the Wigan exective lounges in my Liverpool jacket..

Slightly scared as I got there but by far the worst part by far was them putting the needle in, but they made me feel very welcome and happy and always checking I was okay. Whole process lasted about an hour altogether.

So overall I'm really excited about doing it again and knowing I've made a difference

JerseyKloppite · « **Reply #203 on:** February 7, 2011, 05:54:50 pm »

Haha, bizarre, I literally just gave blood in Canary Wharf this afternoon (used to go a lot at Uni, but have only done it once in the couple of years since) and then I saw this thread!

Strangely, the last time I gave was in a little building next to Stamford Bridge...

ds2190 · « **Reply #204 on:** February 7, 2011, 09:45:26 pm »

Quote from: swoopy on February 7, 2011, 05:52:47 pm

Went along to the DW stadium this afternoon to complete it for the first time... Felt very smug sat there in one of the Wigan exective lounges in my Liverpool jacket..

Slightly scared as I got there but by far the worst part by far was them putting the needle in, but they made me feel very welcome and happy and always checking I was okay. Whole process lasted about an hour altogether.

So overall I'm really excited about doing it again and knowing I've made a difference

It feels great when you walk out. Well done, mate

Andy @ Allerton! · « **Reply #205 on:** July 11, 2012, 01:30:56 pm »

No excuses (Apart from medical).

Find a local session coming up the next few days/weeks. Book a session. Bobble along. Give blood.

Pat yourself on the back for a job well done.

Give blood. It's a vital service and everyone should do it if they are able.

Zlen · « **Reply #206 on:** July 11, 2012, 01:32:21 pm »

Absolutely agree.
Nothing to it so do it and do it often.
It saves lives.

Lo · « **Reply #207 on:** July 11, 2012, 01:40:57 pm »

I agree, I gave blood regularly before i developed diabetes so cant any more, but thank everyone who does after receiving 4 blood transfusions my self last year, if it wasnt for the people who donate who knows!!

Andy @ Allerton! · « **Reply #208 on:** July 11, 2012, 01:41:12 pm »

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

Find out where (Put your postcode in):

http://www.blood.co.uk/SessionSearcher/Search.aspx

Andy @ Allerton! · « **Reply #209 on:** July 11, 2012, 01:42:03 pm »

I'm offski in a wee while.

I've got a Universal donor blood type so it's something you should try and do (Although it's been a few years since I gave last, it's never too late to start going again)

Crimson_Tank · « **Reply #210 on:** July 11, 2012, 03:07:08 pm »

Giving aga this weekend.

blurred · « **Reply #211 on:** July 11, 2012, 03:12:39 pm »

Quote from: Crimson_Tank on July 11, 2012, 03:07:08 pm

Giving aga this weekend.

Free cooker? I'll have it.

Big Red Richie · « **Reply #212 on:** July 11, 2012, 03:34:59 pm »

Can't due to taking prescribed medication that alters my blood and liver chemistry.

Used to give blood for a number of years, but had to stop about a decade ago due to said medication.

The slightly annoying thing is I was and am, only 2 donations away from my silver medal....... and shall be forever more.

I'm good old O'neg as well.

Big Red Richie · « **Reply #213 on:** July 11, 2012, 03:42:38 pm »

The National Blood Service Needs you.....

Red Beret · « **Reply #214 on:** July 11, 2012, 03:58:48 pm »

Can I give blood when I'm taking Fluoxetine?

CornerFlag · « **Reply #215 on:** July 11, 2012, 04:05:53 pm »

Quote from: Red Beret on July 11, 2012, 03:58:48 pm

Can I give blood when I'm taking Fluoxetine?

Should be fine, yeah. They ask you what meds you're on when you're in there. Just make sure you eat well before you go in and, for better flowing blood, make sure you're well hydrated.

Andy @ Allerton! · « **Reply #216 on:** July 11, 2012, 04:10:47 pm »

Quote from: Big Red Richie on July 11, 2012, 03:34:59 pm

Can't due to taking prescribed medication that alters my blood and liver chemistry.

Used to give blood for a number of years, but had to stop about a decade ago due to said medication.

The slightly annoying thing is I was and am, only 2 donations away from my silver medal....... and shall be forever more.

I'm good old O'neg as well.

Aye same as me - O Rh D -

El Phes · « **Reply #217 on:** July 11, 2012, 05:10:03 pm »

Search facility doesn't work at mo, but there must be 3 or 4 threads on giving blood!

I gave blood yesterday!

And Could He Play · « **Reply #218 on:** July 11, 2012, 05:37:02 pm »

One on Dale Street.

GBF · « **Reply #219 on:** July 11, 2012, 05:45:48 pm »

would like to but they keep refusing me because i travel outside UK every year

jed the red · « **Reply #220 on:** July 11, 2012, 05:49:31 pm »

I give blood as often as I can, you never know when you might need it back!

Gerrard_8_ · « **Reply #221 on:** July 11, 2012, 08:18:17 pm »

I wasn't allowed to donate for 12 months due to an incident, now I'm allowed to donate again I can't because of meds/illness. As soon as I'm allowed again I will.

When people go to donate can they please sign up to the bone marrow donor register? They take 1 extra tube of blood for testing then they'll only contact you again if you're a match and could save a life. It's so important and could save a life! (People who wan't to sign up but don't want to give blood can register through the anthony nolan trust using a saliva test)

Quote from: Red Beret on July 11, 2012, 03:58:48 pm

Can I give blood when I'm taking Fluoxetine?

I emailed them to ask that recently. Got this reply:

Quote

If you are on stable dose of fluoxetine for 3 months, we are happy to accept you.

I hope this will help.

Kind regards

Dr M Suhail Asghar
Clinical Support Team

Hope it helps.

Andy @ Allerton! · « **Reply #222 on:** July 11, 2012, 10:15:27 pm »

Quote from: GBF on July 11, 2012, 05:45:48 pm

would like to but they keep refusing me because i travel outside UK every year

Not sure about that mate. You tell them where you go and when they take it they take a couple of extra samples and send it along with your blood. I travelled abroad and they just took extra samples and told me they would be tested.

When did you last give? Go along. Give blood. Give your extra samples then you're on record as OK and you can help those that really, really need help the most.

Rusty · « **Reply #223 on:** July 11, 2012, 10:28:08 pm »

Fucking blood service.

I donate regularly, whenever it's been 3 months since my last donation I start receiving letters from them reminding me to donate again, at lesat 1 per week. No problems with that.

What annoys the shit out of me is that I work in a Haemotology department, we are across the road from a NBS Blood Donor Centre, yet the process of actually getting an appointment is incredibly frustrating. When I tried to book online the system is shit (rather than telling you which appointments are available and letting you pick one, you have to enter a time window and then wait 24 hours to be told it is unavailable), the direct number for the place across the road has never once been answered by a person, so in the end I had to call the central booking number. Then the kicker... no appointments for 2 weeks!

Obviously I will still go and donate, but if they really are that desperate for blood, then they should make the whole process of getting an appointment a bit easier (after all it is a voluntary thing, thankfully for me my working hours are flexible so the time off work doesn't matter too much).

OK rant over, yes you should all go out and give blood, it's really important.

Sir Harvest Fields · « **Reply #224 on:** July 11, 2012, 11:06:32 pm »

Not sure id be allowed but cant hurt to ask i spose.

Big Red Richie · « **Reply #225 on:** July 11, 2012, 11:15:38 pm »

@ Rusty.

Can't you just go over the road and say to the nurses that you work over the road, and you'll just fill in at short notice, for empty slots, cancallations or no shows.

Failing that, get onto the area manager, and give them a rocket, or the minister of health.

Yeah, I know. Minister for health.

By then, they've probably outsourced it even further, or sold it all off to the highest private enterprise.

They'll probably take your blood, charge you an administration fee, then 4.99 for your cup of tea..... biscuits extra, of course.

Slick_Beef · « **Reply #226 on:** July 12, 2012, 12:50:18 am »

I do it every six months. The doctor who gives people a checkup before donating here is a spanish guy (its always the same fella), massive Barça fan, and every six months he asks me for an update on liverpool. Makes me laugh 'cause it means he either has a great memory or his patient notes are just full of footy related chit chat.

Anyway.. When my grandad had cancer, blood transfusions gave him a new lease of life and gave him a few extra months, which we were glad of. I have the same blood as him (AB+) and am always glad to give it in the hope it will benefit someone else like it did to him.

vagabond · « **Reply #227 on:** July 12, 2012, 01:21:20 am »

Back when I lived in England the NHS rejected my blood because I'm a smoker and they had adequate stocks of my blood type.

RedRedTom · « **Reply #228 on:** July 12, 2012, 03:40:50 am »

Do you have to not have a beer the day before? This has been sat on my desk for a few months now and I still haven't done it. I will do though.

Kovai Red · « **Reply #229 on:** July 12, 2012, 05:36:37 am »

Quote from: vagabond on July 12, 2012, 01:21:20 am

Back when I lived in England the NHS rejected my blood because I'm a smoker and they had adequate stocks of my blood type.

I smoke a lot, but still I donate blood regularly for the past 4 years or so. In a way, it helps to purify my blood.

Andy @ Allerton! · « **Reply #230 on:** July 12, 2012, 06:29:31 am »

Quote from: Rusty on July 11, 2012, 10:28:08 pm

Fucking blood service.

I donate regularly, whenever it's been 3 months since my last donation I start receiving letters from them reminding me to donate again, at lesat 1 per week. No problems with that.

What annoys the shit out of me is that I work in a Haemotology department, we are across the road from a NBS Blood Donor Centre, yet the process of actually getting an appointment is incredibly frustrating. When I tried to book online the system is shit (rather than telling you which appointments are available and letting you pick one, you have to enter a time window and then wait 24 hours to be told it is unavailable), the direct number for the place across the road has never once been answered by a person, so in the end I had to call the central booking number. Then the kicker... no appointments for 2 weeks!

Obviously I will still go and donate, but if they really are that desperate for blood, then they should make the whole process of getting an appointment a bit easier (after all it is a voluntary thing, thankfully for me my working hours are flexible so the time off work doesn't matter too much).

OK rant over, yes you should all go out and give blood, it's really important.

Sorry Rusty you're making a bit of a mistake there. If you phone up and check then many sites allow you to just walk in. I went to a 'Appointment only' site yesterday without an appointment after checking you can just walk in 'if you want' and they were fine with that.

Andy @ Allerton! · « **Reply #231 on:** July 12, 2012, 06:33:40 am »

Quote from: RedRedTom on July 12, 2012, 03:40:50 am

Do you have to not have a beer the day before? This has been sat on my desk for a few months now and I still haven't done it. I will do though.

It was Guinness that was suggested (Guinness is good for you) because the most likely way that people get rejected is because they are anaemic (Lack of Iron in the blood). Guinnes is 'known' to have Iron in it and therefore a Guinness the day before was seen as a good way to 'top your blood Iron up'.

Which is all nonsense.

So no.

What you should do on the day that you're going;

1. Drink plenty of fluids before you go
2. Have a light meal a couple of hours before you go
3. They give you half a pint of water now (As it apparantly stops people feeling faint) just before you give
4. Have a cup of tea and a biscuit in the place when you're done (Provided)
5. Drink plenty of fluids and have a light meal when you've given
6. It takes around 48 hours for your system to fully replace what you've lost

And you should be fine

MagicHat · « **Reply #232 on:** July 12, 2012, 06:49:08 am »

I give blood regularly, not been to do so from medical reasons of late but hopefully that will be over next year.

El Phes · « **Reply #233 on:** July 12, 2012, 11:16:37 am »

Not sure if this is just for males, but you can now give blood every 12 weeks (used to be every 16 weeks)

NewHampshire_Exile · « **Reply #234 on:** July 12, 2012, 11:29:03 am »

absolutley hate giving blood. I'm a reluctant bleeder. Still used to do it in England though.

Now I'm in the States they don;t want my blood because I might be a mad cow.

I'm moooved by that.

Andy @ Allerton! · « **Reply #235 on:** July 12, 2012, 11:51:10 am »

Quote from: NewHampshire_Exile on July 12, 2012, 11:29:03 am

absolutley hate giving blood. I'm a reluctant bleeder. Still used to do it in England though.

Now I'm in the States they don;t want my blood because I might be a mad cow.

I'm moooved by that.

Pull the udder one.

Rusty · « **Reply #236 on:** July 12, 2012, 01:19:41 pm »

Quote from: Andy @ Allerton on July 12, 2012, 06:29:31 am

Sorry Rusty you're making a bit of a mistake there. If you phone up and check then many sites allow you to just walk in. I went to a 'Appointment only' site yesterday without an appointment after checking you can just walk in 'if you want' and they were fine with that.

That's part of the trouble - I've phoned the direct line to the centre more than 10 times and not once have I ever got hold of someone to speak to, it's always just answerphone.

I could wander over there but having already done that and been told "Sorry no slots today, you should have phoned up and made a reservation" I'm not a fan of that option.

swoopy · « **Reply #237 on:** July 16, 2012, 11:38:25 pm »

Quote from: Rusty on July 11, 2012, 10:28:08 pm

Fucking blood service.

I donate regularly, whenever it's been 3 months since my last donation I start receiving letters from them reminding me to donate again, at lesat 1 per week. No problems with that.

What annoys the shit out of me is that I work in a Haemotology department, we are across the road from a NBS Blood Donor Centre, yet the process of actually getting an appointment is incredibly frustrating. When I tried to book online the system is shit (rather than telling you which appointments are available and letting you pick one, you have to enter a time window and then wait 24 hours to be told it is unavailable), the direct number for the place across the road has never once been answered by a person, so in the end I had to call the central booking number. Then the kicker... no appointments for 2 weeks!

Obviously I will still go and donate, but if they really are that desperate for blood, then they should make the whole process of getting an appointment a bit easier (after all it is a voluntary thing, thankfully for me my working hours are flexible so the time off work doesn't matter too much).

OK rant over, yes you should all go out and give blood, it's really important.

Register for "blood donors online" service. It may take a week or two to set up as they have to send you an activation code in the post. But once you are set up, you can access the live online service which shows live appointment times and you can make a booking there and then

shelovesyou · « **Reply #238 on:** July 17, 2012, 01:43:31 am »

Good shout, been donating for 5 yrs now, got the rarest blood type so especially needed.

jooneyisdagod · « **Reply #239 on:** July 17, 2012, 03:10:07 am »

Quote from: shelovesyou on July 17, 2012, 01:43:31 am

Good shout, been donating for 5 yrs now, got the rarest blood type so especially needed.

Which one is that ? I have a rare blood group but have never donated because I was told I was too light and had to gain quite a bit of weight before I could and haven't quite succeeded. Have a rare blood group myself.