1) get off your ass
2) walk down to your local Red Cross chapter or current blood drive
3) be completely selfless, if only once, in taking a pricking in exchange for saving lives
4) get a nifty pseudo plastic card with your blood vitals
5) store it in your wallet/purse whatever—it could possibly save your life one day
major note: if the pain during extraction is the same intensity as when the needle went in: afterwards apply extra pressure (cuts off flow) with the cotton gauze to prevent bruising
[my 3rd time round , it felt “funny”. I got a huge yellow-purple bruise on my forearm—-no worries just follow the major note]
