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Give Blood. It may save a life...YOURS!

Old Jan 13, 2017, 2:44 am
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An excellent cause. I give blood as and when I can.

Well done to all of you who do too. Thank you.
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Old Jan 14, 2017, 10:51 am
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I donated for the first time yesterday and it was very painless and took barely 40 minutes start to finish. I'll make a point to do it more regularly in future now I've created an online account and will receive a donor card soon by mail.
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Old Jan 17, 2017, 1:03 pm
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Donating blood as we speak

Pint #: 99
BP: 120/80
Pulse: 72
Blood Type: Red
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Old Jan 18, 2017, 10:11 pm
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Thanks for the reminder, goalie. Just made my appointment to give platelets tomorrow.
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Old Jan 18, 2017, 10:33 pm
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I already donated platelets earlier today.
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Old Feb 15, 2017, 9:15 am
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Just gave another triple of platelets...not surprisingly, the donor room was pretty quiet on Valentine's Day evening.
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Old Feb 22, 2017, 9:39 am
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(Should have posted this much earlier)

In Hong Kong blood collection service is centralised and donors can walk in any donation center when fit to do so.

I always do whole blood donation as apheresis donation can only be conducted in one specialist donation centre which is far from where I work/live.

My membership was upgraded to a higher tier last year. Anybody cares for a status challenge ?

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Old Mar 16, 2017, 1:02 pm
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Donating blood as we speak

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BP: 118/70
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Blood Type: Red
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Old Mar 16, 2017, 3:07 pm
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Finally received my blood donor card in the snail mail the other day. I'm 0+ which I'd forgotten or never knew but have already scheduled my next donation.
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Old Oct 16, 2017, 9:48 am
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Donating blood only takes a few minutes but can potentially save lives. So let's continue donating as long as we're fit to donate.
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Old Oct 24, 2017, 7:37 pm
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[In FT language] My 29th whole blood donation requalified "frequent donor scheme" in Hong Kong.
(3 donations a year for male).
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Old Oct 25, 2017, 3:37 am
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Which is great, and I would love to donate blood in HK as I did in the UK until I immigrated here 18 years ago.

Sadly, Hong Kong refuses to take blood from anyone who has spent much time in the UK or Europe in the past, so I can't. :-(
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Old Nov 3, 2017, 4:53 pm
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South African blood donor here , where the A+ blood group squad at ?
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Old Nov 3, 2017, 11:06 pm
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Thank you for the reminder! I had previously hit my plasma loss limit (in the US, there's rolling one year limit), so I was told to take a few weeks off. But I think I'm in the clear again. Time to donate some more snot (aka platelets)!
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Old Jan 3, 2018, 9:12 am
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This thread is all about FlyerTalkers donating blood products.

We will leave rating or vetting organizations or donees to individual members due diligence, as that is not within the scope.

Thank you for your understanding,

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