FoxTrot Classics by Bill Amend for September 25, 2012

That reminds me, I’m overdue to donate!!

Great strip today!Thank you, Bill Amend!

Nice! Lost my ability to donate because of cancer, so I became a firefighter/paramedic instead.

Well said, Dad! They won’t let me donate anymore – because I lived in Europe for too long, can you believe it! They’re afraid I might have mad cow lying dormant inside me. I went in to donate one day, and they said, sorry, you’re blacklisted.

did you know that the US Armed Forces are going to bloodlessmedicine? It has been proven that patients have fewer complications, and recover more quickly without blood

Scheduled to give tomorrow. 80+ donations. Not bad for a person who is terrified of needles. Although, I do tend to get chatty before giving blood which makes the technicians concerned that I may pass out. :-)

Amen.

BECAUSE Amend is no longer doing dallies, and these particular strips send a message to the next generation of how important donating blood can be.

I’ve donated blood in the past and just recently, too. It is a bit scary when they put the needle in, but it’s also worth it since you know that someone out there, who has the same blood type, is going to get that blood in a transfusion that will most likely save their life.

Donate blood regularly, the hospitals are always short on supply. Also, ask your doctor about being put on the bone marrow registry. Our health care system does not cover it automatically, but it is necessary as well and will eventually cut down on overall costs for cancer and leukemia treatments. My wife had to find a donor from Germany, and the international transport of the cells add significantly to the cost. Most of Europe and Canada provide free bone marrow testing, so we need to get as many people on the registry here as possible. It will save lives and money in the long run.

When my mother donated blood, the donor company didn’t respect her privacy at all. They kept calling her to come back and give more frequently, regardless of how inconvenient it was. I’m not going to give any blood until I know for sure the donor company respects privacy.

gave at work and military whenever they had a drive, or when called by Red Cross, until told I couldn’t because of medications I take.

My husband donated blood through Red Cross for 40 years and had to stop due to a medicine for heart issues.

Never forget…thank you.

Good to see all this talk about donating blood. I do “double reds” they take out the blood centrafuge out the platelets and put the plasma back in. They do this twice.

However, it is literally a blood chilling experience. The blood does cool off a bit in the process. It feels funny breathing in warm air and expelling cold air. Sometimes your arm feels like it is soaking in ice water. You get used to it after a while.

The good thing is that you can only give blood half as often. Half the numbr of “sticks.”

41 gallons and still giving.

Went to donate after 9/11 but was turned away because the lines were too long.

Have epilepsy and even though it’s a mild type I can’t give blood. Wish I could.

I always found it ironic that mom (AB) would give regularly and my dad (O) couldn’t stand it (he’d faint). I’ve heard too many horror stories about the nurses being idiots and dangerously unclean to be willing to give here.

im O-.i have no problem giving.i haven’t bin able to since moms dementia keeps me at home with her all the time now.

good for you. doing nothing hurts a lot more. absolutely.