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[-] StudChud@aussie.zone 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I guzzled the appropriate amount of water on Sunday and Monday, as my vein gushed a tad yesterday lol. First time 'round last year, the machine kept beeping because my pressure was low, because I didn't eat or drink enough.

This time, I filled that bag up quicksmart! Had a Nippy's Iced Coffee and some potato chips after. But yeah, now my elbow-pit is rather sore, I keep catastrophising and think it's still bleeding and I don't want to look, as it was when I changed the dressing yesterday (3 hours afterwards).

But! No complaints! Follow the directions and drink heaps of water!

Edit: actually, the only complaint is the bruise on my left middle finger from the haemoglobin test. I forget how much the tips of the fingers are used until one is sore ๐Ÿ˜…

[-] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

some lemmy medals ๐ŸŽ–๏ธ๐ŸŽ–๏ธ๐ŸŽ–๏ธ it's a wonderful thing you are doing ๐Ÿ˜˜

[-] StudChud@aussie.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago

They're putting in the hard work collecting it all ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿผ I just go in when they text me that they want my blood type haha although, the nurse there said that my vein is real big so I should consider plasma donations.

Can do it more often, and they need people with big fat veins to handle the blood being back in when they seperate the plasma. ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ I should rack up my donation numbers lol

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