Thread: Giving Blood..

re hydration....

all though it takes 4 ltrs to make a stubbie of beer.......it doesnt work.

soft drink = no
corrdial = no
gatorade etc = no
tea = no (yes tea is de hydrating)
coffee = no
red bull etc = no
juices = no

guess what....yep try water

Gday All,

Well went back for round 2, and armed with all the info gained here went in full of confidence.

Walked out alot better than the first try, but will need to have a few more goes before I say im a easy seasoned doner.

Anyway feeling good about giving it a go.

Cheers Ean

Good on ya for going back for a second crack after the problems you had first up.

I haven't given blood for years as they knocked me back because of the drugs I take.
It's of a fairly rare variety apparently (blue?) but they can't use it.
AlanH.

I used to give blood but because all my years in Africa and Asia I could only give plasma.
This I have not done for years, so before I get too old I must do it again.
When I did give whole blood I used to get asked to come in often as I am AB+ which is fairly rare.
I did have one episode like Ean and that was purely the fact I had not eaten prior. I remember waking up on the floor as they were trying to move me.

When I was in the 6th Battallion, there was a blood shortage, so the then CO put every digger on a truck and went into the Brissy blood bank and offered our donations. The National hotel was close and quite a few of us had a beer to resupply our lost fluids.
Its a pity that the whole of the armed forces cant be engaged once or twice a year to donate blood.....it would solve a lot of problems.

Originally Posted by Ean Austral

Gday All,

Well went back for round 2, and armed with all the info gained here went in full of confidence.

Walked out alot better than the first try, but will need to have a few more goes before I say im a easy seasoned doner.

Anyway feeling good about giving it a go.

Cheers Ean

Well done and congrats!

It may be worth enquiring about plasma donation.. the blood bus staff here
reckon its much more needed and useful than straight blood, and as they take plasma but replace with saline (or whatever that stuff is!) as they do
you feel quite good as you leave.

I think it is very important to have drunk a minimum of 3 litres within the last three hours before donating (this is because they ask that question now before you donate) and to have had a good feed..

Apparently looking at the plasma donation a seasoned blood bus person (title of these people?) can usually tell how you are going for sugar/cholesterol (<-Sp?) etc..

They start at a low volume and up it to the max over a series of donations..

As for drinks afterwards?
Our blood bus has iced coffee, iced chocolate, or strawberry milk drinks, a series of juices (as you would expect in the riverland!) and water if people prefer. They also have bikkies, cake and sometimes chockie bars for afterwards...

But the best bit?
Lately they have been showing buster keaton & chaplin etc movies (silent movies) on the tele during your donation...
so no real problems with not being up with the movie or not being able to hear etc, its piano music and its great old cinema all in a comfy chair with nice people there to help you!

I recommend the plasma donation if they have it available and if you arent feeling 100% after straight blood

cheers (and again), well done, the life you may be saving could be mine! (and I prefer Landy loving blood thanks!)


PS:- If we all donate and start to keep a tab on it we can challange the cruiser and toyota , nissan , mitsi etc mobs to get off their arse...
Good harmless (in fact quite the opposite) way to get some blood supplies up? I'm not sure how you'd do it though...

Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

When I was in the 6th Battallion, there was a blood shortage, so the then CO put every digger on a truck and went into the Brissy blood bank and offered our donations. The National hotel was close and quite a few of us had a beer to resupply our lost fluids.
Its a pity that the whole of the armed forces cant be engaged once or twice a year to donate blood.....it would solve a lot of problems.

The Adelaide blood bank used to supply a number of different options for a drink after donating... including your choice of about 4 different Coopers beers (donated by Coopers "with thanks!") ...

Unfortunately I think the political correctness crowd have stopped that..