Are you a blood donor?!

[Stuboy]

I used to give blood before being diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes... gutted now i can't give blood anymore.

I just read on the DiabetesUK newsletter that they are now allowing some TYPE 2 diabetics give blood...
http://www.diabetes.org.uk/About_us/New ... od-donors/

Great news me thinks!

 

[gillyh]

I used to before I was diagnosed. Then I was told that I was getting too old....stopped then. Didn't want 'old' blood then? :roll:

 

[Nemo]

Obviously not a blood doner, but am fully registered as an organ doner and once I am done with my body, they can have what ever they want from it.

 

[rottweilsteve]

No: HIV put paid to that a long time ago. But the medical profession has full permission to use any and all of my bits and pieces when I've finished with them...

Steve

 

[gillyh]

I'm also an organ donor though they probably won't want what's left of me by the time I 'kick the bucket'!!

 

[DiabeticSkater]

I'm registered for organ donation.

 

[bigredruss]

nothing worth having from me, medical science for me i think

 

[SweetGuy]

I'm sorry to say that during the years when I could have given blood I never did. I was never very keen on having needles stuck in me. So I suppose it is ironic that in more recent years when I have become a something of a pin cushion anyway they no longer want it

 

[chocoholic]

The first time I went along to give blood was when a doctor took me aside and told me to get to a doctor ASAP. Ironic that I went along to help others and they ended up helping me by picking up the diabetes!