I saw a lot of people talking about tattoos and piercings. I got a new piercing and had to wait a week to donate. I also got a new tattoo and I don't remember how long I had to wait, but I had the tattoo for a month or two and they allowed me to donate. Just a tip: wait a while after eating to donate... The first time I donated I had waited a few hours, I only got nauseous (they fixed that with ice packs). The second time I only waited about 30-45min.. Yeah, I lost my lunch
RE: donating if you've done the deed with another man, apparently some places are considering phasing out that set of questions because they test all the blood anyway. It sounds like a terrible thing to ask, but its meant along the same lines as the geographical restriction - to minimize risk and exposure!
Thank you for everyone who said well done, there are many many restrictions, but this is to make sure it can be a successful transfusion if they need to use it, it is better to turn people away than kill patients.
There is a set weight limit because of the amount of time it takes to reinforce the lost blood in your system, they can't let you out of the area with a lack of blood because that's a major risk ? Or so I believe. ?
But they don't even take in your height for a factor and it makes me mad. I'm five feet tall exactly and weigh 96/97lbs. NOT MY FAULT I CANT GAIN WEIGHT ? I just want to help people and get rid of my fear of needles
I donate blood every year when my college offers it. Like this year a good majority of our school donated blood.
Here you have to be 115 so gain fat or gain muscle. If you exercise you bleed faster than the people who don't at least that's what the driver told me
They might test your blood before sending it off then. The standard is 6 months wait after a new tattoo.. Body piercing etc.
When i was 16 I was on a motorbike and I began to donate blood because of selfish reasoning "Hey, if I get into an accident I could save my own life!" But then after 3 years of doing it I decided to step it up and now im in a car I can travel further and so I go to a large town to sit in a chair for nearly three hours donating platelets. Just bring a book or your tablet to entertain yourself
makes you feel good too, donated blood twice and plan to do it more too Everyone should if you can. Could be someone you know who's life you save.