January 13, 2009
Blood Drive Tomorrow at Snohomish County GOP Office
The Snohomish County Republicans are hosting a blood drive, with Puget Sound Blood Bank, at their headquarters in Marysville, 514 State Avenue, tomorrow, Wednesday, January 14. Contact Hannah Gustafson at 425-345-3762 for more information.
Posted by pudge at January 13, 2009
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1. Man, first you guys want my civil liberties, now you want my blood too, I dunno about this...
2. Hey, Andrew, it's not about politics, it's about saving lives! People should donate on a regular basis, but they don't. Those of us in the South Sound should get in touch with Cascade Regional Blood Services, make an appointment to donate, because all blood banks are hurting right now.
3. I think it's more about sucking my blood, which sounds an awful lot like politics good sir. Am I wrong? AM I?
lol
4. Laugh out loud all you want grasshopper, but I'll just bet if you ever need blood, it will be a conservative you get it from, without them ever wondering what your politics are!
5. That's good, because I only let conservative blood run through my veins.
Seriously though, I was just kidding. I couldn't help it. Sucking blood at a GOP office? Come on, I had to beat the dems to this one.
6. What? Just kidding you were a conservative. We already knew the answer.
I know I used to give regular and had given 3 gallons. I did it to get rid of my phobia against needles, which helped to some extent. Then, the bank switched hands and lost my records. I was quite proud of the 3 gallons- one pint at a time- till then. I could never get back into it. And I quit about the time they started checking for AIDS. At the time, no one really knew how it was transmitted for sure and they never told us the results. I felt if I kept giving, my blood may not have been going anywhere. I wish they had given me the results. I know it is weird why I quit. Note that I have given two or three times after that, but with the records lost, I didn't feel the same sense of pride for having given.
7. Swatter: Go ahead and start giving again, because every pint you give can save three lives. It's separated out into red blood cells, plasma, platelets, and can actually save three people according to what they need! Three gallons is awesome. Just that knowledge should make you proud, and you can be proud again by continuing to give! And three of your fellow humans can be proud to be alive.
8. I cannot give blood regularly. It's unsafe for me to drive afterward: I've passed out on multiple occasions after giving blood. It would cost a lot of money/time to cure my psychological issues, whatever they are.
I would if I could. But I can't. But you all should if you can!
9. Pudge: Your issues may not be psychological at all. Need to eat a meal before donating, and spend the entire day before you donate hydrating yourself with non-caffeinated liquids. That usually does the trick.
10. Pudge/Katomar:
Interesting discussion. I gave blood once in High school err... I should say i tried. The little prick they do before caused me to pass out. What is odd is when I have had to give blood samples for lab work I watch them draw the blood and think it is cool, but the little prick made me pass out. So obviously something is going on phychologically there. I should try to get over it, my work has an oppurtunity to do it every other month. Always just a little worried about passing out again over something small and getting harrassed at work! :)
Anyways to tie this in to politics... I wish the republican party would push the property rights issue being able sell body organs. That would save thousands of lives and reinforce the right to life and property!
11. Lysander: Can't sell body parts, just like can't sell blood. Only fees passed to hospitals to from blood banks are testing, processing and overhead/staffing. Blood banks are non-profits. You must work where there are tons of people to justify alternating employees for a blood drive, or is it open to the public? Because donors can only donate once every three months.
12. katomar:
No, it is absolutely a psychological matter. I have far more evidence than I've presented here; take my word for it.
13. Pudge: That's a shame. I can't donate any more either, after 20 years of donating blood, because I lived overseas and there are risks of mad cow disease, which can't be detected in blood tests. But I guess we can do our bit by encouraging those who can to donate!
14. Is there anyway that I can make sure that none of my God given blood will be received by a liberal, atheist, Satanist, Jew, faggot, or anyone else of an inferior race or creed? This has been my biggest personal issue with blood donation.
If anyone knows the answer to this question, please let me know! Thank you!
15. /me rolls his eyes
Worst. Troll. Evar.
16. Yesman, you're definitely sick. I think you have some other issues besides blood donating.
17. Wow, what is with the trolls tonight? Trying to turn a perfectly benign subject into something nasty. Same thing happening on the thread about the lenticular clouds. Sheesh.
18. Oh well, I gave him a chance, now I'll just remove his comments.
19. Yesman @17: Not taking your silly bait. Go play somewhere else.
20. Lysander, I had the exact same problem. I remember once in the 7th or 8th grade standing in line with a bunch of squealy girls freakin' out about the prick for a TB test. Well, nacho man here does the whole body die when they got me. Totally embarrassing. It wasn't the last time either. I did like the air guns in the service, though.
So, I decided to fight my phobia. I was also weak like pudge so I took the time to scarf down those free cookies and candies and juices they gave out. That helped, too.
21. swatter, no, it wasn't physical weakness. It's all psychological with me.
One time I passed out at a diner because I had a *discussion* about an infection coursing through someone's veins. I start envisioning it and next thing I know, boom.
So it's not specific to needles, it's also infections. Blood itself doesn't bother me, but small things do: needles, microscopic infections, narrow incisions ... and it's purely psychological.
And it is not so much my fear of needles at this point, but my fear of my own reaction to needles, which I know is coming. It's a vicious cycle.
22. It was always the pinprick that hurt the worst. The one where they jab you to get blood type or whatever they need it for. My word, they are taking a pint from you- why not a drop more for their bloody (pun intended) test.
And truthfully, giving those many times has helped my phobia against needles but I still look away when they do blood testing. Besides that, there is a pride in giving a pint of blood to someone who needs it.
23. Swatter: The finger jab is to test your iron levels, to determine if you can donate, along with determining weight, temperature, blood pressure. Beyond that, there are about 17 separate tests the blood undergoes once it gets to the lab. And yes, that finger prick does hurt more than the actual pint donation!
24. I've heard that some people choose to have their own blood drawn and stored before they have surgery. They don't have to wait 90 days between each blood drawing for this purpose, do they?
25. Smoley: Yes, some people donate for their own surgery, and yes, they do have to wait 90 days between donations. The 90 day period is for the donor's system to replace the pint of blood lost by donating. Donating for yourself is called Autologous, and donating for the community is called Allogeneic. But the same strict standards apply.
26. Katomar:
I know you are not allowed to sell blood or body parts. I am suggesting that such a policy is a violation of ones right to life and property. In addition it results in thousands of deaths a year.
We should abolish restrictions on selling blood and body parts.
27. I went and gave a pint today and saw some regulars and some new people donating. Hats off to Hannah for getting this organized. SCRP donated about 30 pints so that will help a lot of people. LET'S DO IT AGAIN