YAY VAMPIRISM FOR CHARITY!!!

[naamah_darling]

Went in to the Red Cross today trying for my record-breaking third straight deferral, only to be told that I do in fact have enough hit points to donate. Which is good. I'm a six hit-die monster, after all

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[wolflady26]

Have you tried drinking a couple of big glasses of water before going to have your blood drawn? I was amazed how much it helped. I have to have a fasting blood draw every three months, and it was driving me crazy because the (not incompetant) nurses had such a horrible time finding my veins. One time, they stuck me four times before trying to go with what they had, and then they had to call me back in because it wasn't enough.

Then I realized that while I was fasting, I wasn't drinking. So I drank a bunch of water before going in, and it was a piece of cake! It was like a miracle.

[naamah_darling]

Oh, man, this is WITH drinking! XD

I go in practically floating!

When I don't drink, it's just impossible! I learned that the hard way!

[wolflady26]

Youch! You poor girl!

Awesome that you go ahead and do it anyway. I really admire that kind of generosity.

[naamah_darling]

Well, I'd be lying if I said it particularly hurt once the needle is in. It doesn't. It feels a little icky, and it maybe burns, but it's no great shakes as far as discomfort. So it doesn't bother me.

The actual insertion varies from "I felt nothing at all" to "wee pinch." Even when they just can NOT find a vein, it's usually not painful. Just sort of oogy. Thank heavens for a high pain threshold.

What SUCKS is the bruising from multiply perforated blood vessels. XD

[wolflady26]

I get dizzy if I think about it too much. Which made going to my university for a blood draw around Halloween a very bad idea. They had the phlebotomists dressed like vampires, and blood bags hanging from the ceiling as decorations...

[naamah_darling]

I don't know if I would have been charmed or alarmed . . .