It's a funny thing that inspires me this week, one of the guys who delivers products to my work was in a bit of a rush last week and normally he is always up for a chat, I asked him why the rush he was running late to an appointment at the blood bank we left it at that.
A few days later he told me he gives plasma every 2-3 weeks I was intrigued so I sent and email of to the blood bank asking how I go about giving blood / plasma whatever they might need.
Turns out its a simple thing fill out a form met the criteria have ID and that's all they take about 1/2 a litre you get a milkshake and a cookie make an appointment for 12 weeks later (blood donation) and do it all again.
How easy and why aren't we all doing it I say free milkshake and you can save a life easy so I'm on the list to give if I'm able to.
More info to follow on how it all goes and if it's really that easy.
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Hi Dave
ReplyDeleteI appreciate where you're coming from. A couple of years ago an annual health check with my GP showed I wasn't far away from Type 2 diabetes: I was overweight. There's no history of diabetes in my family. There is a strong history of cancer though. Then I looked at my 1 year old son (who is now 3, and we have a 1 year old daughter) and I thought I've got be around for you two. Since then I've completed a half marathon (21km) and a 210km bicycle ride. So, good luck with your goals: my family and I are going to do the Mother's Day Run in Melbourne. All the best. Richard.
P.S. I donate blood regularly too, & plasma.