…. like an attack from a thousand mosquitoes and leeches!
I went to the Red Cross building today at lunch and donated some blood. =
They really liked the look of my big veins so want to sign me up for =
regular blood plasma and platelets donations. If they knew my blood type =
for sure they would have been tempted to do the platelets extraction =
anyway.
They have 7" widescreen LCD TVs for you to watch, but being in the daytime =
all that was on were soaps and Oprah. I told the nurse I could feel my IQ =
dropping!!!
With platelets they hook you up to a machine which drains out blood, spins =
it to extract the platelets and pumps the leftover red blood cells back =
into you. Takes about an hour.
My haemoglobin level is about halfway between extremes so they were happy =
about that too.
Now I can find out my blood type. I’ve never known. Those sorts of things =
can haunt you for life!! The ‘not knowing’!
They told me to eat up and drink lots (but not beer unless I wanted a big =
headspin lol!) to recharge the system I guess. So I went down to my usual =
coffee place and got a mini bagel with egg, ham, cheese, tomato relish and =
my usual large mocha coffee.
Last week I caught up with a friend who started working temp reception work =
at a company I support. It was good catching up after about 11 years. It’s =
amazing to see tge difference in someone you knew as an 8 year old so long =
ago!
Tonight I pick up Sienna since tomorrow is ‘Ekka day’ (Brisbane show day) =
which is a public holiday up here. The local shopping centre has an Ekka =
day on and has face painting, clowns, petting zoo, etc on. Should be a good =
day out.
August 18th, 2006 at 11:33 am - Edit
I find I don’t know my blood type even though Vulpy knows it and has even told me on occasion. I think it was A-something. Plus or minus? NFI.