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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I fainted the first time. I won’t go into why I fainted because it’s disturbing and I don’t want to make whoever reads this feel uncomfortable! I never tried to give blood again and I don’t feel bad. I feel like I “give” enough in other ways.

so OP, if you do it and don’t like it, that’s okay, you don’t have to do it again. Might as well give it a go if you feel like you want to support others this way. [/quote]

That’s…one way to look at it. Another is that fainting whilst sitting in a chair and surrounded my medical professionals used to dealing with people fainting is not that big of a deal.  [/quote]

Those views aren’t incompatible. I did faint and I can attest first hand that I wasn’t a big deal. But it was unpleasant and I don’t want to do it again.

Also, a couple of years later I actually needed two blood transfusions. Each cost me $500 dollars. If hospitals need blood badly enough they could start paying people for their blood . I think that donations are great and all but I don’t think anybody should feel guilty for not doing it. [/quote]

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