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When did you last give blood?

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Ground HogFather Dec 2024 2:32pm, 19 Dec 2024 6,719 posts	Quote Pin Ground HogFather Had to cancel my last appointment a week last friday as I arrived in town feeling a tickle in my throat. Took the safe option and glad I did as I was down with really bad flu from the next day, spending the next 4 days in bed. I'm still not over the flu, so I won't be booking a donation until I feel well.
sallykate Dec 2024 5:12pm, 19 Dec 2024 15,919 posts	Quote Pin sallykate GWS GH! There seems to be a lot of it around this year. Just booked to donate on Jan 7th.
Merry Christmas and Happy NewG(rrr) Dec 2024 5:22pm, 19 Dec 2024 51,626 posts	Quote Pin Merry Christmas and Happy NewG(rrr) Booked in for 2nd Jan. Nice way to kick off the year. -) G
Merry Fizzmas :-) Dec 2024 6:09pm, 19 Dec 2024 9,267 posts	Quote Pin Merry Fizzmas :-) I’m booked for the 3rd
Gooner Dec 2024 6:57pm, 19 Dec 2024 23,013 posts	Quote Pin Gooner I'm also booked in for the third, after a night shift though so I need to be careful
KimCanRun Dec 2024 8:29pm, 19 Dec 2024 8,031 posts	Quote Pin KimCanRun I’m booked in for 22nd.
Raptors claws are coming to town Dec 2024 9:28am, 20 Dec 2024 72,757 posts	Quote Pin Raptors claws are coming to town Good planning, folks, and a wise decision, @Groundhog. As I expected, my haemoglobin and ferritin are normal and I've 'phoned to ask to be unbanned. Hopefully that'll happen quickly and I can get a donation in before the end of the year. The same page on the website is telling me to make an appointment straight away because they're desperately short of my type of blood and telling me I may not make an appointment before 17th December 2025.
Merry Christmas and Happy NewG(rrr) Dec 2024 9:39am, 20 Dec 2024 51,633 posts	Quote Pin Merry Christmas and Happy NewG(rrr) Well done Vrap. Glad to hear all well, as you expected. How did the measurement go wrong, do you know? G
Raptors claws are coming to town Dec 2024 10:22am, 20 Dec 2024 72,760 posts	Quote Pin Raptors claws are coming to town It's a recognised thing, @HappyG(rrr). Even on the leaflet I was given it lists "testing procedure" as a reason for an abnormal result. It wasn't the practitioner's technique. She got a good big drop of blood out of my finger for each test. As I've said, not the first time it's happened to me and I wonder whether two rogue low measurements in 85 attempts to donate is just to be expected statistically. And it means I now know that my sugar and cholesterol and thyroid and other such useful things are normal too.
LindsD Dec 2024 1:24pm, 20 Dec 2024 71,701 posts	Quote Pin LindsD That's great news.