Comments | varlyns_gambit: My stupidly hard-to-find veins are totally worth it

varlyns_gambit

My stupidly hard-to-find veins are totally worth it

Aug 12, 2009 18:27

Today I gave blood for the second time and OWNED MY PREVIOUS BLOOD FLOW RATE. 4 minutes 15 seconds! *is irrationally proud*

Picspam will have to wait. It's cheese and gherkin time. :)

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ctkelly August 12 2009, 15:10:51 UTC

Aw, that's pretty awesome. I've never given blood. =( There's a blood drive happening at Curtin on Monday and Tuesday. I'm going to be at Curtin on Monday anyway for tennis at 7pm... would that work? =P

varlyns_gambit August 14 2009, 02:12:18 UTC

Best not to, as I think your game of tennis would be affected. As in, your play might be sluggish. Plus I'm pretty sure too much activity after giving blood can result in light-headedness, particularly after the first time.

We should give blood together some time and have a race with our flow rate (which I would completely win, heh)! :D

And good luck for the game. *waves Devi is a champion placard*

smashedpinkbug August 13 2009, 10:26:53 UTC

HAHAHHAA!
apparently I have slow flowing blood. they always give me this squeezy ball to squeeze so I don't get stuck there for half an hour.

=)

varlyns_gambit August 14 2009, 02:26:17 UTC

I got the squeezy ball too, but I think it was more for trying to raise my vein. In the end they had to wheel out the heat pack.

When they finally got the blood, it was going at 133mL per minute, and 30 is supposed to be good, right? The lady was all, "Oi, Linda, come and look at this!"

I can't believe how much I'm boasting about this. :)