I gave blood today for the first time. It was fairly disastrous.
I did it at school because they were holding a blood drive for students 17 and older in the gym. I did it because it was a good thing to do and all, but also because I'd get to miss class.
I missed 2 1/2 hours of school, most of which wasn't even spent giving blood. It was spent either waiting to give blood or waiting to stop feeling dizzy afterwards. Everyone kept saying "eat a big breakfast, drink lots of fluids! eat lots of food!"
I grossly underestimated to seriousness of those statements. I had a bowl of cereal, a banana, and some cottage cheese for breakfast. That's a fucking feast for me considering I usually just have yogurt and coffee. I brought a 100 calorie pack and an apple to school, when I usually don't bring any food.
Yeah. Not nearly enough. I thought I was going to faint. I came home and made myself a goddamn peanut butter sandwich, something I haven't eaten in a year or more.
It was heavenly.
And I actually ate dinner too. It was insane, no matter what I ate, I was always hungry again within 30 minutes. Giving blood quite literally takes a lot out of you.
But yeah. Back to my mild pseudoanorexia tomorrow, haha.
Oh. And giving blood is painful. It hurt like a mother when they stuck the needle in, and I could feel my vein throbbing as it pumped blood through the tube. Nasty. And now, there is a huge, dark purple, RAISED bruise on my arm. I can't even bend it. I am mutilated.
But I saved a life. So it was modef worth it. I will definitely do it again next year.
I did it at school because they were holding a blood drive for students 17 and older in the gym. I did it because it was a good thing to do and all, but also because I'd get to miss class.
I missed 2 1/2 hours of school, most of which wasn't even spent giving blood. It was spent either waiting to give blood or waiting to stop feeling dizzy afterwards. Everyone kept saying "eat a big breakfast, drink lots of fluids! eat lots of food!"
I grossly underestimated to seriousness of those statements. I had a bowl of cereal, a banana, and some cottage cheese for breakfast. That's a fucking feast for me considering I usually just have yogurt and coffee. I brought a 100 calorie pack and an apple to school, when I usually don't bring any food.
Yeah. Not nearly enough. I thought I was going to faint. I came home and made myself a goddamn peanut butter sandwich, something I haven't eaten in a year or more.
It was heavenly.
And I actually ate dinner too. It was insane, no matter what I ate, I was always hungry again within 30 minutes. Giving blood quite literally takes a lot out of you.
But yeah. Back to my mild pseudoanorexia tomorrow, haha.
Oh. And giving blood is painful. It hurt like a mother when they stuck the needle in, and I could feel my vein throbbing as it pumped blood through the tube. Nasty. And now, there is a huge, dark purple, RAISED bruise on my arm. I can't even bend it. I am mutilated.
But I saved a life. So it was modef worth it. I will definitely do it again next year.
musical_poet:
I wish that I could donate blood, but I'm 5 pounds under the weight limit
alythetelecaster:
Dude it was so not worth it. I have the most ungodly bruise I have ever seen, it looks like I was mauled by a fucking lion.