Glenn
Veteran
- Location
- Newport, shropshire
The transfusion service stopped taking donations in my town, the next nearest place is 10 miles away
Blood donation
- Thread starter The Bystander
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I haven't been donating that long! I do pick up some Guinness to drink after I donate, I rarely drink it any other time*. It's a little ritual.
*I also get one for St Waltrude's day- not long to go for that. This tradition started when I bought some Guinness then wondered what the occasion might be, first search result was St Waltrude.
I only started because I could bunk off work to donate.
There's a negligible amount of iron in Guinness, and its also quite low in calories, (in the region of 200 per pint)
Diageo (who own Guinness) have previously stated
“The iron content of Guinness is just .011mg per 100ml. In the past, iron brewing vessels and pipe-work added quite a bit but these are no longer used.”
I still enjoy a Pint or several 😊
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
EltonFrog
Legendary Member
Thought so, I got a text from them today to make sure I was coming.
vickster
Legendary Member
Maybe I’ll pop to the big centre at St George’s and see if they’ll take mine now
No slots there but a session locally on Thursday. I’ll phone the leech call centre and see if I’ll be able to donate
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Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
Seems the only venue near enough I can make is fully booked till June. Will have to keep and eye on it as people fall sick and cancel appointments.
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
I used to give regularly twice a year and have almost 40 donations. But they stopped bringing a van to our office, they lost my records (though still have my card), and booking a slot I could make dwindled to nothing.
Still with the current need for blood I’m going to see if there somewhere I can get to that has slot availability.
Anyway registered online now that you can and as per above post will have to look further afield to see if anything fits.
slowmotion
Quite dreadful
- Location
- lost somewhere
I'm not allowed to because I've been taking a low dose of methotrexate for years. It's a source of regret. I had a five hour operation eight years ago and I must have been given a fair bit of other people's blood. I can't return their generosity.
Dayvo
just passin' through
- Location
- 59° 50′ 5.55″ N, 10° 47′ 41.89″ E
Just a thought: how is/will the Corona virus going to affect blood doning and operations etc?
Is it a genuine concern or nothing (yet) to worry about?
Is it a genuine concern or nothing (yet) to worry about?
EltonFrog
Legendary Member
As posted up-thread, they are carrying on, it’s still needed if not more so.
Some venues still allow Walk in appointments. It might be worth just popping in and asking. Take a book or summat, though!
EltonFrog
Legendary Member
Blood donations aren’t just used for transfusion, they use the blood products for other things, for example they can separate the platelets for cancer patients.
At the risk of sounding evangelical about it, please make an effort and go if you can, you will make a difference even if you don’t see it.
At the risk of sounding evangelical about it, please make an effort and go if you can, you will make a difference even if you don’t see it.
