Paper thin shell, lost in her face

[venta]

This lunchtime, Sysadmin #1, ach and I went to Blood Donors'.

They wouldn't let ach give blood, he'd just come back from America (which you'd have thought would be safe).

They wouldn't let me give blood, apparently all my Haemo Goblins have gone away. I failed the approximate Hb-level test, then failed the more accurate one. Now I just have to wait for the blood sample I gave to get sent off to their labs for even-more-accurate testing, to see if it's a serious problem or a minor glitch :(

(Oh, and kate_r, I bit the bullet and filled out the Bone Marrow Donor form - only they wouldn't take it because I failed their tests :( Maybe next time...)

Ah well. Sysadmin #1 gave blood. Me and ach did the only sensible thing, and went to the pub to wait for him. No, we didn't miss the irony of gaining a pint instead of losing one.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

As someone who first gave blood in 1960/61, I can tell you that the only thing they were interested in then was whether you'd ever had jaundice and could pass the copper sulphate test! Then it got to glandular fever and urticaria (nettle rash) and being in recent contact with measles, and just skyrocketed from there, presumably as the science got better and the diseases got worse.