have you ever donated blood, ? Options

[voguelove]

i did! today. it's a weird process. you have to be at 16 with parental consent in some states and in others, you have to be 17. and, you need to weigh 110.

after you get there, you fill out forms, then they prick your middle finger and measure it for how much iron you've got in your body along with what your temperature is. if your iron is too low or if your temperature is too high, they reject you on the spot.


next, you lie down on a stretcher-thing and that's when they take your blood. the needle is VERY thick. and it hurt. i was really nervous before going into it and the insertion of the needle scared the shit out of me so i cried. hah. apparently, the person who attended to me said that the last time they heard a scream like mine was when one of the nurses had to draw blood from someone's neck.

at least i saved two lives. =]

[transcendentalis...]

My brother did get his blood drawn twice, however. He was completely wiped out both times... and the blood-drawing people screwed up both times too. -sigh;

My family in general doesn't gain weight easily. We're all super-light with tiny bones. Peter (the brother), Dad, and I are the only ones who have a regular bit of muscle on the bones so we're more durable than mom and sis.

I'm kind of imagining them being dainty wineglasses being dropped off the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Whereas, Peter, Dad, and I are more like... thermoses?

Yeah, maybe it's getting too late for me.