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!
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 💜
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!
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 💜