Give Blood

For the first time in my life today, I donated blood. We had a blood drive at school, which was organized by a girl for her senior project. And I decided that since I am healthy, and 17 it would be exciting for me to get my blood drawn. After being filled with food and water from the "snack table", filling out paper work, and waiting in my chair for a considerable amount of time, I was lead to a lawn chair type set up, where I was hooked up and taken care of.

I was thoroughly impressed by the simplicity of the whole procedure, and am looking forward to donating my blood as often as possible (something like every 56 days.) This is a great cause, and a very easy process. I walked into the gym this morning, a tad nervous, due to the fact that it was my first time, and I was all alone. It was very much comforting when several friends arrived to go through this fairly painless procedure with me.

Several of the tests given before the actual blood were taken were quite interesting, but all necessary considering the seriousness of where the blood is going. This included filling out a questionnaire with many explicit questions that were more entertaining that they were informational, but it was well worth it. I would encourage anyone reading this to go out and donate your blood as it will prove to be a simple, exciting, and somewhat rewarding experience