I made a fool of myself as usual
So, my giving blood today was one of the worst experiences of my life. I drank five glasses of water in the morning beforehand, plus nearly that much yesterday night. First I thought I wasn't going to be eligible because the testing the iron thing didn't seem to work the first time so the nurse lady had to check it again with a different machine thing. I thought maybe that was the reason I was always so tired. Nope. Perfect level. WTF? Anywho, I felt fine until after they had started taking my blood- which hurt like hell, by the way. Yes, it made me cry. But that isn't why I felt so bad- I had to go to the bathroom so bad it was killing me. I burst into tears trying to hold it. Lying down it made my bladder feel like it was going to burst. The lady asked if I wanted to just stop but I didn't want it to be a waste. I didn't just cry because it hurt so bad but because I felt so embarrassed and ashamed of myself. But in the end I made it through and they had to have one of the nurses accompany me to the bathroom. The strange thing is when I stood up all the pressure to my bladder went away and I almost thought I had wet my pants. But no, haha, it was just the lying down put more pressure on the bladder I guess. My arm where they got the blood still hurt a lot afterwards. When I got home I was fine and talking to my parents and then I started walking towards my room to go back to bed because I felt queasy when everything started getting really fuzzy and my head was dizzy. I had to go down on the floor because I thought I would throw up and pass out at the same time. But I didn't. I just lay down for the rest of the morning until the afternoon. Dammit. My dad also gave but he does it regularly and it was no big deal for him. I feel so stupid. They better save a lot of lives with that blood for the suffering I went through!