That being said I haven’t been able to for 6 years now, the organisation that handles it (EFS) does not let you give if you have spent some time in Mayotte (among other places), where I live. Concerns about malaria I think
It’s two days off, paid, up to a maximum of 10 per year in Croatia. You give blood five times a year, aim for a holiday and can nicely round up a two week vacation.
That’s pretty rad. We just possibly get a T-shirt (I never have lol), sometimes tickets to shows or something, and definitely added to a phone list of “WE URGENTLY NEED YOUR BLOOD” robo-calls from half a billion numbers.
…But I try to get over my needle-phobia long enough to do it occasionally.
I learned my blood type that way. That could save valuable time in a future emergency! Lol
I almost passed out just listening to someone talk about the benefits of donating blood, blood tests and vaccines result in temporarily losing colour from my vision and needing to lay down for a while to recover. Did register for organ donation back when it was opt in though.
Yeah I’m not a fan of sharp things entering the body at all. I’m okay with vaccinations. I look away and let them do their thing. But like, people getting stabbed and stuff, that gives me chills. And stuff going into the skin close to where there are bones, like the hand and foot. Like an IV e.g. Yuck.
I’m the exact opposite. I’m okay with knife wounds, they get my adrenaline pumping but it’s a problem to be solved, so whatever stress it brings can only be focused into taking the steps to solve it. But needles are way more subtle, the concept of this thin little thing slipping between skin to sneak stuff into the body or pull blood out, leaving barely a trace that anything changed. Logically I know they’re great, and I’m very pro-vaccination (ironically part of my job is importing vaccination records for a school district for nurses to track) but the subconscious part of my brain cannot handle it. Needles just give me the heebie jeebies. I’ve been squirming nonstop the entire time writing this.
The scary part about knives for me is how actually dangerous they are. Like people getting stabbed can die just as easily as from a gunshot wound. Knives wreck one’s insides. And when people stab people they usually don’t just do the one stab. It’s often really going all in. 😭 And like, the feeling of having been stabbed and losing your life semi-slowly. So scary to me.
Donating blood has got to be one of the things one does that is just absolutely selfless.
If someone does it to brag or to rizz, they could just lie and say they do it. But actually doing it? 🤟
I tried out to become a donor but my iron levels were too low. 😭
I do it for the biscuits at the end
That being said I haven’t been able to for 6 years now, the organisation that handles it (EFS) does not let you give if you have spent some time in Mayotte (among other places), where I live. Concerns about malaria I think
Out of curiosity, what does EFS stand for?
Établissement Français du Sang
https://www.efs.sante.fr/
Society of French blood suckers. ;)
It’s two days off, paid, up to a maximum of 10 per year in Croatia. You give blood five times a year, aim for a holiday and can nicely round up a two week vacation.
That’s pretty rad. We just possibly get a T-shirt (I never have lol), sometimes tickets to shows or something, and definitely added to a phone list of “WE URGENTLY NEED YOUR BLOOD” robo-calls from half a billion numbers.
…But I try to get over my needle-phobia long enough to do it occasionally.
I learned my blood type that way. That could save valuable time in a future emergency! Lol
Wow, that’s a luxury. We don’t get that here. Great incentive.
Happy cake day!
Down voting positivity 😆🫰
I almost passed out just listening to someone talk about the benefits of donating blood, blood tests and vaccines result in temporarily losing colour from my vision and needing to lay down for a while to recover. Did register for organ donation back when it was opt in though.
Why did you pass out? Phobia of blood or similar?
I don’t seem to have any problem with blood in any other situation. Probably more from needles under the skin.
Yeah I’m not a fan of sharp things entering the body at all. I’m okay with vaccinations. I look away and let them do their thing. But like, people getting stabbed and stuff, that gives me chills. And stuff going into the skin close to where there are bones, like the hand and foot. Like an IV e.g. Yuck.
I’m the exact opposite. I’m okay with knife wounds, they get my adrenaline pumping but it’s a problem to be solved, so whatever stress it brings can only be focused into taking the steps to solve it. But needles are way more subtle, the concept of this thin little thing slipping between skin to sneak stuff into the body or pull blood out, leaving barely a trace that anything changed. Logically I know they’re great, and I’m very pro-vaccination (ironically part of my job is importing vaccination records for a school district for nurses to track) but the subconscious part of my brain cannot handle it. Needles just give me the heebie jeebies. I’ve been squirming nonstop the entire time writing this.
That’s so crazy how we can be so opposite 😄
The scary part about knives for me is how actually dangerous they are. Like people getting stabbed can die just as easily as from a gunshot wound. Knives wreck one’s insides. And when people stab people they usually don’t just do the one stab. It’s often really going all in. 😭 And like, the feeling of having been stabbed and losing your life semi-slowly. So scary to me.