http://cheerfulcurmudgeon.com/2005/09/01/donate-blood/ A complete lack of ideas and the power to express them. Mon, 14 May 2012 02:37:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://cheerfulcurmudgeon.com/2005/09/01/donate-blood/comment-page-1/#comment-10524 Ariane Wed, 11 Feb 2009 03:16:28 +0000 http://CheerfulCurmudgeon.com/?p=123#comment-10524 Wow...thank you from writing this. Giving blood is necessary and yet the requirements are (and maybe rightly so) so strict that I am not surprised they are in demand. I was first not allowed to donate blood because I had traveled to Africa. I had to wait a few years. Then, like you, even though I am O+ and have been a regular donor since I was able to start again a few years ago, I failed my first screening (passed my second one) and now I can no longer donate. While I understand that they must assure the safest blood for all recipients I am not surprised they are in demand. Like you, I agree that if you can, you should donate, and hopefully you will successfully pass through all the hopes you must jump through! Wow…thank you from writing this. Giving blood is necessary and yet the requirements are (and maybe rightly so) so strict that I am not surprised they are in demand. I was first not allowed to donate blood because I had traveled to Africa. I had to wait a few years. Then, like you, even though I am O+ and have been a regular donor since I was able to start again a few years ago, I failed my first screening (passed my second one) and now I can no longer donate. While I understand that they must assure the safest blood for all recipients I am not surprised they are in demand. Like you, I agree that if you can, you should donate, and hopefully you will successfully pass through all the hopes you must jump through!

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