Remember to donate blood

[perry]

I am bad at remembering to sign up for the blood mobile when it comes to work every few months. I stood up to stretch today and looked out the window and saw it parked across the parking lot. It was a nice day, so I decided to take a walk over and see if they were busy. Got me right in, no waiting. My blood pressure was 125/79 and pulse was 47 (lady said I may be dead ).

Guy hit the vein on the first try, but he did have to look for it for a while. It felt like he had to wiggle the needle to get the blood flowing, but no bruising.

I looked at donorpoint.org and it's been 16 months since I last donated

As a bonus, they give you your total cholesterol on your online account, so I'll get to see how eating better and losing weight has helped. Last time it was 192. I like seeing the history of my numbers.. makes me feel better about not going to the doc very frequently.

So here's your friendly reminder... go donate, if you can

 

[Que]

Thanks for the reminder, Perry. I usually give annually at my frat's blood drive, but I missed this year.

Hmmmm... maybe we could organize an INGO blood drive?

 

[RedneckReject]

Thank you for the reminder. I was in the habit of going to donate every 56 days and then wound up temporarily unable to donate. However that has long since passed. I REALLY need to get back in the habit. There's no excuse besides me being lazy and occupied with other things. Perhaps I will head down there on my next day off.

 

[Boonl1776]

Thanks, Perry.

 

[bluewraith]

The sole reason I do not donate blood/plasma is the fact that I am terrified of needles.

Ya'll are much bigger men/women then I am.