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Re: Giving Blood?
Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 10:17 am
by dicion
Kevinf2349 wrote:chabouk wrote:I wish I could, but they won't take my blood. I was stationed in Europe for three years in the 1980s, so I might have mad cow disease.
They won't take mine either...something about not wanting CJD over here.....oh wait a minute it is already!....but still they insist that I am a mad cow carrier for some reason. One roast beef and Yorkshore pudding too many maybe?
I used to give blood every 6 months in Blighty with no issues whatsoever.
Gulf Coast Regional Blood center is 5 years in Europe. As I was only there for 3.5, I'm eligible
Re: Giving Blood?
Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 4:29 pm
by Kevinf2349
dicion wrote:Kevinf2349 wrote:chabouk wrote:I wish I could, but they won't take my blood. I was stationed in Europe for three years in the 1980s, so I might have mad cow disease.
They won't take mine either...something about not wanting CJD over here.....oh wait a minute it is already!....but still they insist that I am a mad cow carrier for some reason. One roast beef and Yorkshore pudding too many maybe?
I used to give blood every 6 months in Blighty with no issues whatsoever.
Gulf Coast Regional Blood center is 5 years in Europe. As I was only there for 3.5, I'm eligible
No such luck for me. I lived in the UK for 40 something years! I only moved here in 1998....but now I am a card carrying US Ciitizen....an NRA card that is
Still I wish I could give blood especially for our brave service men and women.
Re: Giving Blood?
Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 6:25 pm
by juggernaut
I gave whole blood three weeks ago. Work hosts the blood center 3-4 times a year so they make it easy.
Re: Giving Blood?
Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 5:34 pm
by skennedy
Gave Sunday after church. We had the Blood Mobile sitting in our parking lot. This was planned way before the Fort hood shootings.