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  • mysticgreg
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    The questions and checks were pretty thorough when I first signed up back in the day, to make sure people weren’t donating who really shouldn’t for some reason - they’re very strict on donor welfare which is great. And they always keep an eye on people after their donations, who are sitting around a bit before heading off. Very well run and well managed places in my experience!

    Strangely I always felt ‘better’ afterwards when giving plasma rather than whole blood, but again YMMV!

    • StudSpud The Starchy
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      Oh yeah they still do the in depth questionnaire, and a haemoglobin pinprick test.

      And I’ve read that donating blood/plasma increases endorphins or something? It also makes the body make new blood. Also, apparently, it lessens the viscosity of your blood so reduces the risk of blood clots 🤷🏼‍♀️ I guess there’s also the feeling of doing something that’s just an altruistic, purely good deed, makes you feel good too knowing someone out there is benefitting from your donation 💜