Nightingale 0 #1 November 6, 2003 http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/features/091503_FS_blood_shortage.html California, along with the rest of the nation is facing a major blood shortage. Please, if you can find the time, make a trip to your local blood bank. It doesn't hurt much, and you get free cookies!!!! Type O blood is especially needed, but all types are needed. click here to schedule a donation and find the location near you! also, if you're not on the bone marrow donor list, please consider that as well... clicky Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vdschoor 0 #2 November 6, 2003 Hmmm.. I would go to that, but I can't. For some reason foreigners (which I am) can not give blood here, which is a bummer. I used to give blood back in Holland, I think it is important. You've got enough of that stuff to share, and considering how many people you can help out with it.. it is well worth it. Iwan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Remster 30 #3 November 6, 2003 QuoteFor some reason Its for BSE. Different restrictions for different European contries, the most severe being for people who lived for some time in England. We lived there for 3 1/2 years, and now, no one want our blood.Remster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,116 #4 November 6, 2003 Wish I could. But you can only donate once every 16 weeks when you donate red blood cells via apheresis. Plus which I'm A+ which is not usually the most needed type. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BartsDaddy 7 #5 November 7, 2003 Just donated last week Handguns are only used to fight your way to a good rifle Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hottamaly 1 #6 November 7, 2003 I just got back into donateing frequently again. Just gave for Eric. Skydiving gave me a reason to live I'm not afraid of what I'll miss when I die...I'm afraid of what I'll miss as I live Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydyvr 0 #7 November 7, 2003 There was a time many years ago that I needed blood -- now I am slowly paying it back, and am very happy to do so. . . =(_8^(1) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fields 0 #8 November 7, 2003 I've been donating. Every other friday, I do platelet apheresis. They take a double batch, so it counts as two donations. I am also in the national bone marrow registery. I hope your post prompts some jumpers to be donors."And the sky is blue and righteous in every direction" Survivor Chuck Palahniuk Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TaeKwonDoDo 0 #9 November 7, 2003 Every opportunity I get... I started giving blood a few years ago, and the folks at stanford sent me a card telling me that I have "special" blood (apparently, there was a common childhood virus I never got that makes it "special"). I can't remember what it's called (who knows - they could have made this up to make me feel special and obligated to give... ya think) Once I found this out, it just felt like the right thing to do. But I still hate the needle - one time it had too much anti-coagulent on it. It hurt and burned so bad I almost screamed. But I keep going back... Here's to hoping I never need to make a withdrawl. - Jeff "That's not flying, it's falling with style." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
