When did you last give blood?

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Peregrinator Oct 2019 1:46pm, 8 Oct 2019 225 posts	0 Peregrinator Be positive I say! And Offspring2 agrees.
LindsD Oct 2019 1:47pm, 8 Oct 2019 29,830 posts	0 LindsD
FurryH Oct 2019 12:38pm, 10 Oct 2019 1,920 posts	0 FurryH Re tape hair and plasters. I leave it on overnight and then remove them in the shower. Lot less painful when the plaster is wet. My top tip.
♪♫ Egnys ♪♫ Oct 2019 12:57pm, 10 Oct 2019 29,362 posts	0 ♪♫ Egnys ♪♫ Hello - checking in here for the first time! I have given sporadically over the last ten or so years, but none since moving house three years ago. There seems to have been a bit of a campaign for AB+ donors this summer with requests/reminders coming fast and furious by email and text, so I thought I better do something about it. Appointment after work today.
HappyG(rrr) Oct 2019 1:22pm, 10 Oct 2019 32,687 posts	0 HappyG(rrr) Well done Synge. A good deed. So marketing SPAM does work on some levels?! G
♪♫ Egnys ♪♫ Oct 2019 1:41pm, 10 Oct 2019 29,363 posts	0 ♪♫ Egnys ♪♫ To be honest, yes it did.
eL Bee! Oct 2019 7:28pm, 11 Oct 2019 20,522 posts	0 eL Bee! AB+ is the universal donor group for plasma (I used to donate plasma rather than full blood) which is one of the reasons that they like us! Number 58 done today. Nice easy and quick one. Not at Unit-giving PB for me - but 4:45 wasn't too shabby :D
Velociraptor Oct 2019 8:06pm, 11 Oct 2019 43,453 posts	0 Velociraptor The local blood donation staff are now accustomed to our "races". Today they got eL Bee! through first so that I knew what time to aim for. I was nowhere near, though. First haemoglobin recheck in a long time, but the Haemacue gave me a quote of 14.1. Glad that's done
SailorSteve Oct 2019 11:36am, 13 Oct 2019 1,427 posts	0 SailorSteve Apologies for asking what has probably been discussed before on this thread. What is the experience of donors on here, of the impact (if any) on your running performance due to iron deficiency post donation?
Velociraptor Oct 2019 11:45am, 13 Oct 2019 43,464 posts	0 Velociraptor For me, SS, a subjective impression of slightly reduced exercise tolerance for around a week after a donation. Nothing that would stop me doing steady training runs, and if I trained to heart rate I'd expect to reach the same heart rate at a slower pace than usual, but I wouldn't donate in the run-up to a target race.