A Bug's Life

I last gave blood some 5 years ago; it didn't go well, they had trouble finding a vein and then I only managed to fill half a bag before the needle site started hurting lots. One time before that I failed the haemoglobin check. But today was a glorious day, I felt in riotous good health, I'd passed the local hospital earlier and remembered about blood donation, and was feeling thoroughly underemployed.

To my relief the session went well - the bag was filling nicely. About halfway through a light started flashing to warn that the rate was dropping, so they gave me a thing to squeeze and all was okay again. For about a minute, when I started to feel very dizzy. They stopped the donation (80%! So close!) and tilted the chair back. And back a bit further. And a bit further still. And bam! my brain came back, after treading along the thin edge of consciousness.

I'm disappointed, and they don't want me to come back again given my history. But if it's something you've been putting off, or never tried, I do encourage you to give it a go. They do good biscuits including KitKats.

And hey, now at least I can have gay sex take intraveneous drugs get a tattoo :-)