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I Donate Blood

A Gift of Love

Do you know what your blood type is? Mine is O+. Today I gave blood for a client of ours.

I met this man once but he so impressed me with his honor and integrity. I met him under bad circumstances. He has a serious claims issue going on in his business and I had to deliver the bad news. I told my boss he was going to do one of 2 things, either argue with me or ask how he could fix the problem. He asked the right question.

When I heard he was suddenly stricken by leukemia, I asked how I could help. Today I donated and directed it to his account.

If you can, please donate. It really can save a life.

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mrfixitman

I used to donate on a regular basis. I donated in Aug at a local town function. Then again in Nov of the same year and received a notice saying they could not use my blood because it flagged some test they did on it. Meanwhile I had dr. do a blood test and absolutely nothing. In spring of following year I attempted to donate again, and once again I was notified that my blood was unusable and recommended to see Dr.

Apparently I was exposed to something, who knows what, anyway that was 20 years ago and I am still alive, lol

akindheart · 61-69, F

that is plain weird. Yesterday the amount of questions, they asked was unbelievable....i am surprised i passed.

mrfixitman

agreed, my dr. said their test are so sensitive that just about anything triggers them. But it is not like I am a derelict drug addict or anything like that, so it was quite odd. But, hey, when they sent the letter they made a reference to get tested for AIDS, which was 1000% impossible since I had never had a blood transfusion in my life and still have not, not gay, just normal monogamous heterosexual sex, who knows? No tattoos, no trips to weird places on the globe.

akindheart · 61-69, F

that is just plain weird if you ask me..i wonder if i will get a notice too? i had to sign a consent that said they will notify the health dept. if something comes up.

mrfixitman

agreed