> > Since last year, I've really been wanting to donate blood. December 7th is a blood drive at my school, and when I first heard about it, I was extremely excited. I'm not afraid of needles or anything, I'm healthy, and I'd be helping another individual, so I was "ready and rarin' to go," as my mom would say.
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> > It was not to be. I was at school today, reading the blood drive flier, and it said you have to weigh at least 115 pounds in order to give blood. Sadly, I only weigh about 105. :( I see the reasoning behind this rule, but I feel bad since I really wanted to help someone out by doing this. (I guess I could eat an entire turkey or something prior to the blood drive...lol.)
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> > Anyway, I just had to get that out, because I'm kinda disappointed now.
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> > ~Den-"I could've gotten a cute pin shaped like a drop of blood, too"Kara
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> Disregarding the wieght, I still wouldn't want to give blood. My only fear is of shots. I absolutely hate to get shots. The idea of people sticking things in me is not okay. I will probably cry if I get my tetanus shot (due in 2003)
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> Lif- I got an MMR and it HURT HURT HURT!-ace

I donated blood for the first time in my life last month. The Finnish Red Cross came to our university and we had some kind of competition between our guilds. I do, too, hate needles. Even the thing that pops a hole in my finger to take some blood to measure the iron count sometimes makes me jump up. I found, by the way, that my iron count is near the *upper* limit.

Juho