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To: average joe who wrote (93333)	8/11/2012 5:36:48 PM
From: Cogito Ergo Sum	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 219960

ROTF.. Many years ago... I was at McGill in a physiology or bio lab.. anyway we had to take our own blood sample.. the old nasty stabber in the thumb deal.. I fainted trying to do it to myself.. The remarkable thing is that I have had quite a few accidents with blood gushing out, etc. get the thing stopped and carry on no problem.. but my body revolts at the thought of self inflicted blood letting or non crisis situations.. :o) Another time doing a hardware installation.. (cowboy computer days) I cut myself (stabbed near thumb) cutting a cable binder.. with an exacto.. blood spurting like a Monty Python skit.. My Indian buddy went white than me.. got the blood stopped with one of the ladies there.. butterfly bandage.. wrap it up and back to work.. Went to emerge maybe 6 hours later to get it checked (tetanus) . Doc says oh you're good for three of four stitches.. OK.. so he starts in on the stitching and I fell off the bed I was sitting on.. (fainted) as I watched the skin etc stretch with the stitching.. He says oh I didn't tell you to look away after hearing your story.. .. I guess adrenaline really works for me anyway LOL I have a few good stories of amazing reaction under stress.. and wussing out otherwise LOL

To: average joe who wrote (93333)	8/11/2012 5:40:35 PM
From: Maurice Winn	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 219960

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. Mqurice