Do both. It's not like opting in takes much effort.Unless you've got a rare blood type, a WAY more useful thing to do would be to opt into the Organ Donor scheme.
Do both. It's not like opting in takes much effort.Unless you've got a rare blood type, a WAY more useful thing to do would be to opt into the Organ Donor scheme.
Unless you've got a rare blood type, a WAY more useful thing to do would be to opt into the Organ Donor scheme. Tragically for many people waiting for a life-saving organ, it's still a case of opting IN. If it was a case of opting OUT, there'd be way more organs than there were potential recipients.
Unless you've got a rare blood type, a WAY more useful thing to do would be to opt into the Organ Donor scheme.
Having spoken to fellow donors over the years it's striking how many of them only became donors after they, themselves, needed someone else's blood.
It's not 15 minutes though, or anything like it. As I said, it's about 3 to 4 hours in Brighton but even when I went to a centre five minutes from my office, it took well over an hour
Absolutely, and as someone who has benefitted from it I would give in a heartbeat if that rule is ever removed.Fair enough, didn't realise that - lots of older people where I live! A lot of people donate because their friends or family have required blood, though.
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Sorry, so I should abstain from sex for 12 months first. Dobyou really think that for the vast majority of gay men (or anyone for that matter) that is realistic?/
Men who last had sexual contact with another man more than 12 months ago are able to give blood if they meet the other blood donor selection criteria.
Not necessarily the case. If you're O-Neg like myself they're always keen for you to donate, as that blood type can be given to just about anyone ('Universal Donor'). If you're the first O-Neg of the session at my 'local' then your blood goes into paediatric bags, which is always quite a nice feeling. I made my 50th donation a couple of weeks ago. It's much easier than it used to be, you can book and manage your own appointments around work and home life. Never takes me more than a hour, often little more than half an hour. They even send you a text in the following week or two to let you know which hospital your blood was used at. In short, as others have said, if you can then you really should. Having spoken to fellow donors over the years it's striking how many of them only became donors after they, themselves, needed someone else's blood.
134 miles in 5 days retracing the exact steps the Ox and Bucks did prior to D Dayr
Me too, gave for about 25 years tho. Signed up in first or second term at university and went as often as I could. I never had any problems (not even an empty arm, or an empty anything). It always seemed like a small return to the NHS for all the care I got as a nipper (tonsils and adenoids out, corrective eye and dental surgery). I think it is a sad reflection on society that more people don't help with something that, after all, costs nothing but their time.
ps I was thinking of donating my brain, post mortem, to [MENTION=277]looney[/MENTION] . . . . .
ps I was thinking of donating my brain, post mortem, to [MENTION=277]looney[/MENTION] . . . . .