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To: average joe who wrote (93333)8/11/2012 5:40:35 PM
From: Maurice Winn1 Recommendation  Read Replies (1) of 219972
 
Good move to cancel: < I decided a few years ago to give blood on a cold winter day and drove to the clinic. I walked to admin was directed to a seat and as I waited the walls started closing in on me and I couldn't breathe so I slowly got up and dashed to freedom. Next time I will go with somebody else.>

On a cold day, if you are cold, your arm veins will be shrunken and so getting the needle in properly will be more difficult.

My veins go from shriveled little matchstick size to ball point pen diameter from cold to hot. So if having blood tests I make sure I'm hot with large veins they can't miss. If you must go on a cold day, have a nice hot shower, drink lots of fluids so you are not at all dehydrated and your body can rapidly make up the fluid loss, dress warmly so your veins don't shrink en route to the torture chamber and don't worry about it. Most of the people have done a lot of needle work and can do it quite well.

40 years ago I donated blood many times [every several weeks or whatever the time was - I guess about 4 times a year] In 1986 we lived in London [England] so from then on, they don't want our blood due to their concern that we might have mad cow disease prions lurking.

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