Give blood regularly

I haven’t been on 43 things for so long! :o) I last gave blood on 4th December 2008, it was a freezing day so that needle in my arm felt extra-sensitive! I got the flu 3-4 days later, though I was overdue to be ill! I managed to recruit two friends into donating too, it was great!
My next appointment is 6th May but it was booked when I used to live 250 miles away from where I do now so I may need to rebook that!

Gave my first pint of blood yesterday without any worry about iron levels! Took a long time, but was worth it!

Feeling a bit rough today, but nevermind. It was fun. :)

Going to a blood donor session this Friday. I hope all goes well! :)

Good luck everyone!

The first time I did this I was refused because my iron count was too low – that dampened my spirits a bit. I couldn’t go after that because you can’t give blood within 6 months of having a new piercing.

I think blood-donation laws are a load of garbage – and homophobic garbage at that – but I’d love to give blood to help someone.
I did a medical-art project in June that really changed my perspective on donation (it was a project on hearts, and I looked into cellular memory – worth doing also! ;) ) so I signed up straight away! :)

Wish me luck, I’m about to look for local dates!