Comments on: First Time Donor, Second Time Fainter http://andrewferguson.net/2005/04/26/first-time-donor-second-time-fainter/ Rejecting Your Reality and Substituting My Own Since 1986 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:48:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Andrew Ferguson dot NET » Blog Archive » Donating Blood at Puget Sound Blood Center http://andrewferguson.net/2005/04/26/first-time-donor-second-time-fainter/#comment-416 Andrew Ferguson dot NET » Blog Archive » Donating Blood at Puget Sound Blood Center Tue, 27 Dec 2005 02:29:22 +0000 http://andrewferguson.net?p=514#comment-416 [...] I scheduled an appointment at the PSBC to give blood again. I was some how also able to drag my dad along. Everything was pretty much the same as last time, although a lot less busy. Based on what happened the last time I gave blood, I had some more sugars before I donated. Toward the end, I could feel my body getting more stressed and shortly after I had topped of the bag (but the needle was still in), I began to feel hot. So I calmly alerted the nurses that I wasn’t feeling so well. They rushed around a little, got the needle out, gave me some ice packs. Pretty much the same symptoms as last time, but less severe and occurring sooner. For next time, they advised that I alert them to what has happened in the past so they can give me ice packs before I begin the donation. I think I’m also going to try listening to some music. [...] [...] I scheduled an appointment at the PSBC to give blood again. I was some how also able to drag my dad along. Everything was pretty much the same as last time, although a lot less busy. Based on what happened the last time I gave blood, I had some more sugars before I donated. Toward the end, I could feel my body getting more stressed and shortly after I had topped of the bag (but the needle was still in), I began to feel hot. So I calmly alerted the nurses that I wasn’t feeling so well. They rushed around a little, got the needle out, gave me some ice packs. Pretty much the same symptoms as last time, but less severe and occurring sooner. For next time, they advised that I alert them to what has happened in the past so they can give me ice packs before I begin the donation. I think I’m also going to try listening to some music. [...]

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