FabSwingers.com mobile

Already registered?
Login here

Back to forum list
Back to The Lounge

Giving Blood

Jump to newest
 

By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

Do you give it freely or are you a difficult bleeder?

Ive had a nightmare of a day today and it wasnt aided by the fact i was not allowed to drink water

They had to get 4 samples in total at set times and i ended up with 13 puncture wounds and they gave up after the 3rd sample and sent me on my way.. not gonna lie it hurts a bit now lol

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *asokittyWoman
over a year ago

Nr Worksop

It's much more difficult to do when someone is dehydrated. Was the reason for no water because of the tests?

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The one time I went to give blood (not knowing anything and just turning up) five years ago, I had a tattoo not that long ago and they said I had to wait a year, I never went back more so because when I do have to have bloody tests it's like getting blood out a stone.

Maybe I will do it this year like I've been meaning too since I became an adult

G x

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"It's much more difficult to do when someone is dehydrated. Was the reason for no water because of the tests?"

yes, the labs specified no water as it was an absorption test. By the time i was released an allowed water/food i was at the 16 hour without water..

i was very grumpy at that point

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *ittle_brat_evie!!Woman
over a year ago

evesham

i have just one place where i know that they will get blood easily....i have had nurses try conventional midle of the inner elbow and then wiggle the needle about but now i know the outer edge of my right arm is the sweet spot!

i can feel where the vein is and point them to it

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I pass out when needles come out. Once I'm out they can take what they want!

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *asokittyWoman
over a year ago

Nr Worksop


"It's much more difficult to do when someone is dehydrated. Was the reason for no water because of the tests?

yes, the labs specified no water as it was an absorption test. By the time i was released an allowed water/food i was at the 16 hour without water..

i was very grumpy at that point "

Bless you; I'd have been foul!

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I don't give up my blood that easily. My last experience left me looking like I had Dumbledores withered arm. I was donating white blood cells though. It only took 15 minutes and 6 attempts to find a vein #win

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Never had an issue (nor anyone I know).

FREE BISCUITS!

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"i have just one place where i know that they will get blood easily....i have had nurses try conventional midle of the inner elbow and then wiggle the needle about but now i know the outer edge of my right arm is the sweet spot!

i can feel where the vein is and point them to it"

ive always thought my right arm was better but today there was nothing.. didnt even attempt with a butterfly.

10 puncture wounds including the failed Canula attempt into the inner left arm and the failed 3 attempts between the knuckles of my left hand..

They contacted the vascular (something) team... apparently they use ultra sound to locate veins ... but they werent available today

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"i have just one place where i know that they will get blood easily....i have had nurses try conventional midle of the inner elbow and then wiggle the needle about but now i know the outer edge of my right arm is the sweet spot!

i can feel where the vein is and point them to it

ive always thought my right arm was better but today there was nothing.. didnt even attempt with a butterfly.

10 puncture wounds including the failed Canula attempt into the inner left arm and the failed 3 attempts between the knuckles of my left hand..

They contacted the vascular (something) team... apparently they use ultra sound to locate veins ... but they werent available today "

Feeling queas....

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

I can't donate blood but I have a monthly blood test. I know the sweet spot and I can more or less tell what the result will be (for one particular test) by how freely it flows.

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"I can't donate blood but I have a monthly blood test. I know the sweet spot and I can more or less tell what the result will be (for one particular test) by how freely it flows.

"

see when the needle hits the vein and they get blood i instantly get a metalic taste in my mouth..

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound


"I can't donate blood but I have a monthly blood test. I know the sweet spot and I can more or less tell what the result will be (for one particular test) by how freely it flows.

see when the needle hits the vein and they get blood i instantly get a metalic taste in my mouth.."

Yep, I get that too.

I like to check what colour it is too.

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I can't donate blood but I have a monthly blood test. I know the sweet spot and I can more or less tell what the result will be (for one particular test) by how freely it flows.

"

Is it because of all the unprotected anal sex?

A van comes to my place of work to take blood and I love quizzing my colleagues who don't participate.

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I have donated blood about 50+ times,i got my silver heart

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *opping_candyWoman
over a year ago

West Yorkshire

I'm not allowed to donate blood due to the rule about donating if you yourself had a transfusion after the CJD scare years back. I only managed to donate three times before they changed the rules and I always feel a bit guilty that I can't, even though it's no fault of my own.

As for being a good bleeder, I generally have a couple of fantastic veins but they took a battering during a recent hospital stay so hopefully they aren't fucked for good! My sister had cancer as a kid and the combined effects of treatment mean she has terrible veins, often ends up with cannulas in her feet etc

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *ust RachelTV/TS
over a year ago

Horsham

Haven't given blood in years, I was an easy bleeder.

I used to panic them as I always turned up on the motorcycle, they wouldn't let me go till I had a rest.

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound


"I can't donate blood but I have a monthly blood test. I know the sweet spot and I can more or less tell what the result will be (for one particular test) by how freely it flows.

Is it because of all the unprotected anal sex?

A van comes to my place of work to take blood and I love quizzing my colleagues who don't participate. "

I really should come up with a more interesting story about why I can't give blood.

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Yep, I go when I can I'm O Neg so am always in demand

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound


"Yep, I go when I can I'm O Neg so am always in demand "

I can take you but you can't handle me.

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

My bone marrow makes too many red blood cells so I have to have a venesection (I call it a vampire session ) every other month.

Wouldn't be too bad, but my blood is useless to anyone else and just gets incinerated

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *erdita Von TeaseWoman
over a year ago

nottingham


"Yep, I go when I can I'm O Neg so am always in demand "

AB neg here so me too

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound


"Yep, I go when I can I'm O Neg so am always in demand

AB neg here so me too "

Snap! But I can't give.

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I can't give blood either due to having epilepsy and being on medication to control it.

Mrs NbN

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I got told I can't donate because of my tricky veins. They only use a certain size needle and have a short window of time so even though I am willing, They are unable

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 
 

By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Yep, I go when I can I'm O Neg so am always in demand "

I have no idea what my blood group is

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
Post new Message to Thread
back to top