LiberBEARian
[cw; needles] It makes me upset, but I might have to perma-stop donating. My body's demonstrating an almost supernatural ability to keep all its blood where it currently is.
LiberBEARian
First I would faint. So I started eating more protein
LiberBEARian
Then my iron level was shit, so I started taking iron supplements at the recommendation of my doctor
LiberBEARian
Then the veins would like to move, to the point where you'd have to stick me three or four times to find a successful vein
LiberBEARian
Now I go in. I'm well-rested, my iron levels are great, I've been chugging water since 7am
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and an hour later, I have a needle in both arms and a bag that's 90% full and won't go any higher.
LiberBEARian
They had to throw it out because I just sat there for fifteen minutes, clotting.
LiberBEARian
And I've heard everything from "shit what's the opposite of anemic girl because you are it" to "damn you couldn't be addicted to heroin if you tried"
LiberBEARian
Apparently in addition to my veins being tiny, flat, and mobile, my platelet count is super high so I clot like no one's business
LiberBEARian
Good for my survivability rate, bad if I actually want blood out of me.
Lunnaei
Are you me?
LiberBEARian
And I don't want to go in and waste everyone's time anymore.
chrismas creep
that's happened to me
LiberBEARian
Lunnaei : I might be!
chrismas creep
plus huge needle-phobia once upon a time
chrismas creep
tiny veins, slow moving blood, the whole nine yards
LiberBEARian
objectpermanence: I've never had the goddamn clotting thing before. Donating for ten years and this shit happens
LiberBEARian
ughhhhhh
Lunnaei
I had to give up for just about all the same reasons you just listed. It’s so depressing to get a bag nearly full only for it to go to waste.
chrismas creep
I haven't given blood in a few years, since I couldn't give for a year after I got my tattoo
chrismas creep
and then I just never got around to trying again
chrismas creep
but I'm O-
LiberBEARian
I was so sad. So irritated
LiberBEARian
Damn, yeah
LiberBEARian
I'm A+, so they keep coming after me for platelets and I'm like
LiberBEARian
"listen I'll show up but I promise you'll never be able to."
Lunnaei
and then I got tattoos which disqualified me for a year each time
chrismas creep
I once sat in the chair for an hour trying to give
LiberBEARian
Not anemic, sorry; I meant hemophiliac
LiberBEARian
ughhhh god
LiberBEARian
I kept apologizing. .-.
LiberBEARian
Every time I can't donate I look and go "hey is there any point me coming in anymore?" and they keep going "no no no we want you here, maybe next time we'll get it!"
SPOILER ALERT
Oh hey, clotting is the same reason I stopped trying to donate
LiberBEARian
I almost started crying in exasperation. Never experienced clotting before and it was miserable
LiberBEARian
Which is dumb because it's. Your body. You can't control how you clot.
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