But ooh, please do. (Though, if you want to be realistic, Neal in particular would never be allowed to donate since he spent time in prison. Unless he lied, which of course Neal would NEVER do. ;))
...huh, that's a rule in the US? I totally didn't know that! Is there a specific reason for that given?
I'm pretty amused by the whole thing now, at the time I was pretty embarrassed :P But also really interested in cataloguing exactly what my body was doing to me, because I am a massive dork XD
AFAIK all the major blood banks in the US don't allow donations EVER from certain populations that are considered to be at higher risk for HIV, including people who've spent more than a couple days in jail/prison since the late 70s, men who've had sex with men since the late 70's, and people who spent time in certain countries like Haiti. I don't think it's fair, but they ask the questions and to donate anybody in those categories would have to lie, generally verbally not on paper.
Yeah, having served jail time doesn't come into it in the UK, which is also in the process of (slowly) allowing gay men to give blood, since they've belatedly realised that their risk factor for HIV isn't actually any higher than that of exclusively straight-partnered people. (I think currently the rule is if you're a man you can't have had sex with another man within the last 12 months, and if you're a woman you can't have had sex with that man in the last 12 months. Don't quote me, though.) There's also all the stuff about can't have had tattoos/piercings in the last year, can't have *injected* illegal drugs ever. And there's also a time limit from having visited certain countries and being vaccinated.
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(I kind of still want to write that fic, though, lol :P)
LOL, at the mind jumping to using in fic, though. Yeah, I admit, my sister and I have definitely had plenty of those conversations as well. We'll get hurt, or really sick, or something generally unpleasant or dramatic happens, and we're both like, "But hey, on the up side... it's research!" In a way, though, it does kind of help deal with otherwise seriously not-fun situations, to step back and analyze and file it away for future reference like that.
Have to say, I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who does that :P Anaylysing exact reactions, and how they feel and everything, is always so much more fun than just experiencing them, imo.
Oh, dear! I'm sorry that happened to you! But...I guess, happy for you that now you know firsthand what it feels like? This is why they ask you to sit up slowly, I guess.
One of the times I gave blood, this girl giving at the same time as I was basically had the same reaction--everything seemed fine, she said she was fine, she sat up, literally turned greyish-green before my eyes, and crumpled onto the floor, unconscious. I saw her change colors. And then she just collapsed, like...I don't know, I guess it reminded me most of a tree that had just been chopped down. It was one of the weirdest moments, and happened so quickly!
I totally did sit up slowly and everything, apparently my blood pressure just randomly dropped XD (I'm kind of sad now that I don't know if I changed colour :P) It felt so weird, really!
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But ooh, please do. (Though, if you want to be realistic, Neal in particular would never be allowed to donate since he spent time in prison. Unless he lied, which of course Neal would NEVER do. ;))
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I'm pretty amused by the whole thing now, at the time I was pretty embarrassed :P But also really interested in cataloguing exactly what my body was doing to me, because I am a massive dork XD
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(I kind of still want to write that fic, though, lol :P)
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LOL, at the mind jumping to using in fic, though. Yeah, I admit, my sister and I have definitely had plenty of those conversations as well. We'll get hurt, or really sick, or something generally unpleasant or dramatic happens, and we're both like, "But hey, on the up side... it's research!" In a way, though, it does kind of help deal with otherwise seriously not-fun situations, to step back and analyze and file it away for future reference like that.
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Have to say, I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who does that :P Anaylysing exact reactions, and how they feel and everything, is always so much more fun than just experiencing them, imo.
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One of the times I gave blood, this girl giving at the same time as I was basically had the same reaction--everything seemed fine, she said she was fine, she sat up, literally turned greyish-green before my eyes, and crumpled onto the floor, unconscious. I saw her change colors. And then she just collapsed, like...I don't know, I guess it reminded me most of a tree that had just been chopped down. It was one of the weirdest moments, and happened so quickly!
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