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Jun 2020
1:59pm, 29 Jun 2020
145 posts
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ftrobbie
I have no idea, I expect something to drop through the post in the next month or so.
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Jun 2020
2:06pm, 29 Jun 2020
146 posts
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ftrobbie
The thing for me is how much it has changed. No appointments it was all turn up and wait. Screening was a doddle, no privacy, you were screened in front of the waiting room. You had to wait for a doctor to put the needle in. Post donation you got moved to a recovery bed. After 20 minutes you got escorted to the tea bar for tea and biscuits. I've seen the Nottingham Donor Centre move to its third home in that time. I saw my dad when I was 10ish give boold and it was collected in a sterilised old style milk bottle. I also thought the triage at the top of the stairs was funny, maintain social distancing when a stair case 2 wide has people standing on it and people try to leave.
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Jun 2020
3:33pm, 29 Jun 2020
83 posts
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Sampson
Wow, ftrobbie, that's incredible! Bravo! I'm off for #33 on Thursday, which will be the first time my donation count has surpassed my age. I should just about reach #100 before I'm 50. Talk about long-term goals!
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Jun 2020
3:38pm, 29 Jun 2020
47,376 posts
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Velociraptor
My last donation went to Glenfield Hospital, Leicester.
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Jun 2020
9:48pm, 29 Jun 2020
45,081 posts
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alpenrose
Well done ftrobbie! 
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Jun 2020
10:06pm, 29 Jun 2020
9,871 posts
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Mandymoo
Wow 100..well done
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Jun 2020
10:27pm, 29 Jun 2020
8 posts
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4pm
Wow, 100 is amazing, that's 47 litres if it's all whole blood donations!
The platelet donating is interesting. I don't know why but I'd always assumed it was more of a men only thing. I donated plasma recently for the covid antibody trials. It sounds like the same process?
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Jun 2020
7:34am, 30 Jun 2020
148 posts
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ftrobbie
Cheers everyone, the 100 are more or less whole blood donations. I tried plasma donation but they/I could never get the flow, the vein kept collapsing on the big plasma needle. They could never hit the vein in the middle of the arm, apparently too deep. They tried my usual donation site on the side/top of the arm but apparently it's not a strong vein and kept collapsing. So no sooner did I volunteer for platelets I got removed from the list and sent back to whole blood.
Getting to a 100 was nothing I ever planned, it was something that has just happened and it's taken 33 years almost to the day to get there. It reminds me of the popular Chinese proverb that says: “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.”
Have fun, stay safe and enjoy your day
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Jun 2020
9:04am, 30 Jun 2020
8,230 posts
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GordonG
I feel you should get a parkrun-style T shirt for 100 donations!
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Jun 2020
9:11am, 30 Jun 2020
149 posts
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ftrobbie
Some of the staff were wearing some blue NHS blood and transplant T shirts yesterday. It might be the new corporate wear. I must confess I did like the blue they used.
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donating blood
Aug 2021