::pouts::

[trinityvixen]

There's a national blood shortage. Okay, so there is usually a blood shortage. I'm just more upset than usual because I can't possibly donate or my doctor will murder me. That, and I might just up and die before he gets the chance. I cannot believe I had such a bad reaction the last time. I'm not giving up utterly. I will work on being really, really good about exercising and taking multivitamins and eating better (things I intended to do anyway) and see if I can't muster up the wherewithal to go donate in a few months time.

But for the rest of you that can donate, please consider it?

Comments

[lnbw.livejournal.com]

I donated platelets a couple of weeks ago, and am donating whole blood a couple weeks from now. I will add my encouragement! One thing I learned at my last donation is that a high percentage of the blood used in NYC hospitals comes from outside the tristate area, because not enough locals donate.

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

You'd think that with something like millions of us around, it wouldn't be that hard to get donations. :(

[linaerys.livejournal.com]

Ack! I have low blood iron and a really hard time doing it, but maybe now that I'm taking iron supplements I can do it again.

[lnbw.livejournal.com]

You would think!

[lnbw.livejournal.com]

FYI, I also have trouble hitting the blood iron minimum, and supplements alone don't help much, but I recently discovered that fortified cereal does the trick! (Supposedly iron from food is easier for the body to absorb than iron from supplements.)

[linaerys.livejournal.com]

I eat a lot of kale and spinach too, and cook in cast iron when possible, so we'll see if all of that helps.

Thanks to you, trinityvixen, I have signed up to give tomorrow.

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

So glad to hear it! I'm going to start working on my own issues with chronically low iron. I just don't know if what I'd do for low iron will correct the other problem I have that's iron-related but not dependent. I hope to be ready to donate again in a month or two.