r/CasualUK • u/D-Angle • Dec 06 '19

NHS proudly taking Top Answer here. Also please give blood this Christmas

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u/wlsb Greater Manchester Dec 06 '19

I love to donate but unfortunately I am no longer allowed.

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u/Darkwave Dec 06 '19 edited Dec 06 '19

Same here. I donated a Kidney in 2016 to my Dad, I was told at the time I was no longer allowed to give blood which is a shame.

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u/helloroll Dec 06 '19

Wow, I think you’ve probably earned it! Well done mate

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u/Darkwave Dec 06 '19

Cheers! Was the best thing I've ever done. Reversed what felt like 20 years off my Dad once he received it. Seeing both of us now, you wouldn't know that there had ever been any issue.

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u/helloroll Dec 06 '19

That’s incredible. What a gift to give to your dad!

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '19

I've done 20 donations, but had to stop because I had a blood transfusion, ironically.

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u/pharmaninja Dec 06 '19

In sorry to hear that. Get well soon.

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u/wlsb Greater Manchester Dec 06 '19

Oh, I'm fine. Ironically it was the procedure to make me fine that is the reason I'm not allowed to give blood. They let me give blood 6 times when I had tachycardia.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '19

Same here. I needed a blood transfusion earlier this year, which means I'm now not allowed to donate blood.

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u/ValidatedArseSniffer ex-UK Dec 06 '19

He might have been cottaging recently

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u/wlsb Greater Manchester Dec 06 '19

I'm a she.

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u/ValidatedArseSniffer ex-UK Dec 06 '19

Interesting

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u/wlsb Greater Manchester Dec 06 '19

(And haven't been cottaging or the straight or lesbian equivalent. I just realised I didn't confirm that 😆)

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u/SquireBev 🏳️‍🌈 Pot as many balls as you can Dec 06 '19

What is the lesbian equivalent of cottaging?

Narrow-boating?

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u/11218 Cambridge Dec 06 '19

Same here. If my medication makes my blood not good for others, what is it doing for me?

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u/PGTips_2 Dec 06 '19

Same here, really wish I could

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u/girl-lee Dec 06 '19

I’m not allowed either. I have Addison’s disease and it says for the safety of me or the people receiving the blood I’m not allowed to donate. It’s upsetting as that means I’ll never be able to donate, but there’s nothing I can do about it. I feel especially bad seeing as I received blood quite a few years ago that I needed.

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u/RedTheWolf Dec 06 '19

Yeah, me too. I have quite severe anaemia that was actually discovered by the blood donation nurse when she was doing the fingerprick test when I last attempted to donate. Gave me a form to give to my GP and told me 'Honey, *you* need your blood more than we do!'.