Self-Righteous People That Give Blood

Are people still not allowed give blood if they've had gay sex? That's a handy excuse. You can be all self-righteous about it too.

Zillah wrote: »

Are people still not allowed give blood if they've had gay sex? That's a handy excuse. You can be all self-righteous about it too.

It's a handy excuse to be gay?

Sure you might have to put other mens willys in your mouth... but at least you can avoid those pesky needles.

Handy excuse to not give blood, geniuses

Blood chugger: Want to donate blood today and save a life sir?
Me: Sorry, fag, I'm not allowed. Have a nice day.

I don't donate blood either, really despise needles after a lumbar puncture as a child and don't want to experience it again. I still get loads of grief from self-righteous friends who make me feel bad with the sob/horror stories. Just leave me alone!!! lol

The_Minister wrote: »

Given that a lumbar puncture hurts (or so I'm told) worse then pregnancy, I think you get a lifetime pass on donating.

Both are two completely different examples but i can kind of understand somebody avoiding donating as a result of a bad Lumber Puncture procedure. A bad experience with lumber puncture though is all down to your anaesthetist (it will not hurt more than an Epidural if inserted correctly).

Donation is not an obligation on society. Just because you have had a prodedure that is 'worse' than donation shouldn't automatically waver a "pass on donating". Whatever that is supposed to mean. Donation has always been a personal choice. There are people who have gone through extreme health conditions and still donate while a Lumber Puncture is quite weak in comparison. No excuse.

I've had surgery that is a lot more complicated than a simple donation, should this gibe me an excuse just because i had a bit of the 'ouch' factor?



At the end of the day if you were to imagine a situation where you were faced with a choice as to accept a life saving transfusion via an IV procedure. Would you accept or decline on the basis you have had negative experiences with needles in the past? I think NOT! So people wake up, get over blood product(s) donation which is a fairly trivial procedure in comparison to what you may face in your lifetime.

I'm not great with needles, but I said it was a good thing to give blood, ya never know when you might want some back! So I got over the needles and went a few times and it did make me feel like I was helping people which was nice. Then on my third or fourth go they came over and the doctor asked if it was ok if a trainee nurse would put the needle in. I said fine, she was standing right there and I didn't want to be rude! Anyways she put the bloody needle (excuse the pun) in slightly wrong so it stung pretty bad. I said it to her, she got the doctor and he was like "Yeah I see what you did there, you should have done it like this" then they fecked off! So I sat there for ten minutes with a needle in wrong in my arm, stinging away! My dislike of needles came flooding back stronger than before, and it'll be a while before I head back again.

Also slightly more on topic, my mate with whom I used to go started to get all self righteous like you've described and that really got to me. It seemed inappropriate. The pressure he put on me only made the needles thing worse tbh. To feel like you're forced into it makes it all the more creepy.

orestes wrote: »

I recieved loads of blood when I was a kid (full transfusion kinda stuff) so I went to try and donate blood a while ago to give something back and all that.

Apparently I'm inelligible to give blood because people who recieved blood at the time that I did are ineligable due to a heppititis scare in contaminated blood donations or something.

Ain't irony a bitch?

haha, exact same for me. particularly cos i had a bad reaction to one of the transfusions, temperature went through the roof, lotsa stuff started beeping and the like. i think my mother is still suffering the trauma, but sucks that i can't donate... was looking up just now about donating platelets or marrow, but you need to be eligible to donate blood for them, so bleh.

Bottle_of_Smoke wrote: »

I'm all for the men who have sex with men ban but something just occured to me. My mum had to go for Hep C tests as she received a transfusion around the time of the scandals, it was negative but a man whos had sex with a man whos had a negative HIV/Hep B test can't donate, surely my mum/myself should also be banned for the same reason, do you know if we are?

your mam is banned. everyone who had a transfusion before hep c filters were put into use is banned.

NewApproach wrote: »

Just did their test as to whether I can give blood and it says anyone who lived in the UK before 96.

Rules me out, but surely this is a bit cautious?

yep, it is overly cautious, but going for the 'safe than sorry' approach, after ****ing it up so badly before. a relative of mine got hep c from a dodgy transfusion and i work in a hep c clinic and have met more than one person who has contracted hep c from dodgy transfusions. way i see it, it is definitely better being safe than sorry.

Nobody wants my blood, marrow or organs. I'm pretty sure the best I can hope for is to be turned into a lampshade or bone chandelier.

NewApproach wrote: »

Just did their test as to whether I can give blood and it says anyone who lived in the UK before 96.

Rules me out, but surely this is a bit cautious?

All o'us mad cowists should form a herd and use our collective powers to demand free Guinness and 'The Owner Tried to be a Doner' pencils.