Does anyone donate blood regularly?

I'm O positive and feel like I should donate more often. Anyone else?

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I do.

I am O positive too. But just FYI one the New York Blood Center gets your info they will call you CONSTANTLY to donate. They used to call my job all the time looking for me

I donate about 4x a year or so

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My mom does it all the time, and they do call you all the time. But I can tell you that people need your blood, especially O blood, it's universal. It's a great gift for others.

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I normally do a platelet donation instead of blood; it definitely takes longer but I can donate more frequently during the year.

Does anyone donate blood regularly?

I used to until I became Anemic...last time I went they turned me away

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It's so important. People really need it. When I was blood drive captain I was surprised how horrified people were when I asked if they'd donate. So many said no just cause scared. Think how scared the person who needs the donation is.
Thank you for posting more awareness the better

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Not regularly. But I'm trying to do more of it this year.
Sometimes my iron is too low. But it was good on Friday so I was able to donate.

I needed blood about 7 yrs ago during surgery. So I really try to give back when I can.

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I do it 4 times a year, at work. I have very prominent veins so they normally don't have any trouble getting one & the flow is fast so it usually is pretty quick. I'm type O as well & I know there's a great demand so I'm glad to do it. Occasionally I get rejected for low iron though & I didn't do it for over a year when I was pregnant & then bfing. Otherwise I try to do it often.

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We have 2 blood drives a year at work and I always give then - I should make the effort to do it more often though, its so easy to get tied up with life and not make the extra effort.

Does anyone donate blood regularly?

I wish I could but can't due to iron deficiency. And just getting blood from me is a challenge due to 7 years of iron infusions. I couldn't even donate when my son needed it.

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Im O-
I donated once and got sick. I want to do it more often but scared of feeling that way again
I did not give them my phone number. My brother is also o- and he made that mistKe and they call comstantly

Does anyone donate blood regularly?

I only did it once and wont do it again. I got so SO sick, and so nauseous. It took me almost an hour to get up from the donation chair, and my pint only took 7 min to get. And about another hour before they would let me go back to work.

I'm sick over it because I have VERY desirable blood (I'm B+, and don't have that other factor they look for).

So unless they cll that someone is dying and NEEDS my blood I don't intend to do it again, ever. HOWEVER, I am glad I did it the once. If it wasn't such a bad experience I would do it 4x a year. And I want to be clear, it was NOTHING the techs did. It was ALL my BODY saying "no".

but I am GLAD I did it.

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Does anyone donate blood regularly?

I do it as often as I can ... but it's still not as frequently as I'd like to.

It's important and it's a good deed that doesn't cost money or take up too much time (and it gets me out of work for an hour lol). I don't see why more people don't do it.

Does anyone donate blood regularly?

My husband does. They only rejected him once and it was because we went to a country on a cruise on their no list (Honduras).

I am the anti blood giver. Doctors hate me. My veins run and hide from needles. I went through so much with my pregnancy with the blood tests and then when I was delivering with the IV and all that. It was horrible.