You give a tiny portion of your blood in exchange for nothing, no payment or reward, to aid a complete stranger's (or more than just one) chances of survival and another chance at life. I dont know about you but I think that is such a lovely gesture, dont you think?
I dont know about other countries, and I'm sure it wouldnt be hard to do anywhere, but we should all try and give blood if we can. It is a really small act which could benefit someone in such a huge way. AND YOU GET UNLIMITED CHOCOLATE BIKKIES AND COFFEE AFTERWARD but yano, I dont do it for the treats - Although it is chocolate. Sue me 😜
I gave blood last night after work. The blood centre nurses are so welcoming and helpful and the needle is barely even noticeable. And for all you woosies out there who cant stand needles or the site of blood, I have three words for you. Grab a snickers!
Yeah, so I give blood every three months - My first donation was when I was 16 because they came into the school and I wanted a free period out of class. Who else didnt do that? who wasnt a woosie of course
Since that first donation, I never really went back until almost two years ago... now comes my sob story 😂 About two years ago now, I had a super major car accident (and sorry, I'm not going into super deep details) and broke my pelvis, couple of ribs and I had a hole in my lung - Dont worry fellow steemians, I'm all healed up. Better than ever, nothing can stop me now.
I never actually needed a blood transfusion but it always reminds me of my worst and what could have happened and since I am now able to help others, I will always try. Plus, did I tell you there was chocolate? haha
So far I've donated 7 times. After my 5th donation I actually got a blood centre travel mug, which was cool except it looked too much like a penis so I got rid of that shit but it was cool to actually be rewarded. And just to add to that, the blood centre have this app you can download so that when your blood has been used, to save a life, you get a notification and let me tell you, when I get those notifications I feel like a real super hero hahaha
If I havent persuaded you to make that donation then I must have been pretty shit in english with all those bloody persuasive speeches but if I have, let me know and I will add you to my super hero squad and give you the secret password 😉 Live happy and help those in need.
Love and light my friends
Jah jah