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Today I donated blood.
Well, I tried to donate blood. I went to a blood drive and sat inside the truck. I filled out the paperwork and sat through the pre-donation interview. Then I left dejected and upset.
Unbeknown to me, the FDA released new regulation stating that potential donors are not eligible if they are/were “U.S. Military, Dependent or civilian military employee that has spent six months or more between 1980 through 1990 associated with a military base in Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany” due to the potential for exposure to Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, or Mad Cow disease.
You can see where this is going.
Turns out the almost 3 years I spent in Mannheim when I was a baby has come back to bite me in the butt because I can no longer donate blood until further notice.
When did this change? I’ve been donating blood since high school [it was a great way to get out of two classes AND get a cool bandage and free juice and cookies - then it was an easy way to fulfill the require community service hours my senior year] and have never encountered that before, though the last time I donated was in 2004 [the time I freaked out because I swore up and down I was going to miss out at meeting Barry Zito. Give me a break: I WAS BLEEDING INTO A BAG!] so that’s 6 years when it could have changed. And since I never encountered that issue before, it never dawned on me to check the website to see if I was eligible. Had I known or had an inkling, I would have checked and saved myself the drama.
Anywho, I was shocked [SHOCKED] and tried to reason with the nurse but she was having none of it. It really doesn’t make any sense. Part of me wishes that I just lied about it but that would have been worse. You can’t lie about health stuff like this. It was a bit embarrassing to walk right out of the truck without giving a donation. If it were someone else, I’d be wondering why they couldn’t donate. Did they not have enough iron [happened to me once]? Did they not make weight [never an issue for me]? Did they not eat? [Nothing's more embarrassing than passing out after a donation]. So yeah, I was embarrassed to leave so quickly after being rejected. But mainly I was bummed that I wasn’t able to donate like I had been anticipating. I actually enjoy donating blood and made it a regular thing while I was in school. I’m needed. I’m necessary. I’m a universal donor. If my blood wore a tshirt, it would say “I’m kind of a big deal.”
But since its my blood, it wouldn’t wear that shirt because if it really were such a big deal, it wouldn’t need to wear a shirt saying it was a big deal. My blood is such a big deal it doesn’t NEED a shirt.
Apparently my blood is too sexy to be donated.
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