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Where/when can you give blood in and around accrington ? Turning 17 next month and want to start but havn't the foggiest where to go :confused:

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http://www.blood.co.uk/

Try that to find out when the next one is

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Thanks :D

Any idea how long it takes ?

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My blood is tainted - i take medication so they wont accept mine. So I've never given blood. I was told though its normally round about 1hr. There will probably be someone on here who has given blood so they'll be able to tell you. Have a look at that website it will probably be on there.

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Most of your time spent donating blood is actually spent waiting for your turn. Once the donation starts it takes anything from 15 minutes to 40 mins if you are a slow bleeder like me..:D I have to sit watching everybody going for their brew and biscuit, knowing that the good biccies will be gone by the time my bag is full. Donating blood doesn't hurt but you can feel woozy afterwards if you have had nothing to eat before going. My advice would be to have some lunch or a good breakfast an hour before donating and don't set yourself any strenous tasks for the remainder of the day. You are perfectly capable of going back to work and doing your normal stuff that day but it is not the time to try aerobics for the first time.

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jen so i wouldnt be able to donate cos i'm on medication??? ooooooooooo

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They won't want your 'cus your a nutter and it might be catching ;)


You would have to phone them and tell them what your taking.
I think you can check on the website posted above as well.

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lol i'm taking 'nutter' tablets too

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I give blood but tend to do it over in Blackburn near work as they let us go during work time which helps.

That reminds me think I have an appt soon too <<scuttles off to check when it is>>>:D

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Stupid question for ya, is the king georges hall that you can donate at in Blackburn the one in the town centre ? I've got confused 'cos of BB2 :(

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Yes king georges hall is in the town centre and blood donor sessions are held there quite regularly

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As others said, about 20 mins to actually donate but you tend to spend ~1 hour in total. If you have acupuncture like I do then you need a certificate from them to say its all kosher.

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I gave blood for years and got my silver badge, then I had to start taking medication for high blood pressure so that was the end of it. My daughter had been going for a few years but when she had her little girl she had to have a blood transfusion. They won't accept anyone who has had one - in case they've contracted B S E from the blood they received. :(

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I have a friend at work who is a gay man.They won't let him give blood either due to risk of HIV but he has had a HIV test and this came back negative.I think that whether you are straight or gay if you have had a negative HIV test you should be able to give blood.After all anyone could be HIV positive,you don't need to be gay.I think it's very insulting that gay men are not allowed to give blood.He also offered to give bone marrow to the Antony Nolan trust and they didn't want that either!!

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It isn't discrimination, they have to go with the odds. It's like saying that giving black people larger Vitamin D supplements is discriminative, but it's simply that less Vitamin D is absorbed by they're skin.

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I still think that as long as the HIV test is negative people should be able to give blood regardless of their sexuality.

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Personaly I would dearly love to donate my blood, as I have had gallons off other donors, alas not to be tainted i'm afraid. I once suggested donating my body to medical research, the powers that be said don't bother Ian were going to get most of it whilst your alive.:D Seriously I would personally like to take this opportunity to thank all the good people that donate blood, and would encourage anyone who is able to do it. Thank's again, you are true saints.

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Does anyone know if it's ok to fly the day after giving blood - I've given blood many times before but not for a few years so I've just checked the next available time and it's the day before I'm flying. Anyone know?

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give the helpline a call Gayle, I am pretty sure it is but best to be sure

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I would beg to differ on that one, as somebody has pointed out, you have to go with the odds. However, just because somebody initially tests negative for HIV doesn't mean that they don't have it. It takes 12 weeks (roughly) from contact with an infected person for the antibodies to show in the blood. Antigens can show up sooner but those tests are more expensive.

Having said that, the fastest growing HIV population is actually amongst heterosexual females in the UK who tend to be under 25 years of age. Maybe it's time to discrminate against them too.... For the time being, the Blood Transfusion Service are playing the odds, unfortunately it does seem that their odds are ever so slightly out of date.

I have a detailed analysis of these statistics if anyone wishes to see it. I have to warn you that it is 11,000 words long and extremely boring...... I should know, I wrote it..:D

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And I should know I read it :rolleyes: ....... and very good it was too, not that I understood most of the medical language :D

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They won't take mine either.....it is very hard to get blood out of a stone.

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The National Blood Service. Do something amazing ... Your search results

just heard an advert on t'radio, so havent given blood in ages, went on website and booked a session to give blood down at Harvey St Community Centre 6/12, waiting for a time to be confirmed via email.

but thought i would just share with you all that a donation session is happening locally next week, if anyone wants a lift down (no stupid comments, from those accross the atlantic/outside of Hyndburn please) so if you are local and would like to give blood, but struggle to get to Harvey St, let me know and i will see what i can do

cheers

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sorry just realised its week AFTER next, apologies for my stupidity!

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Signed up a few weeks ago and I'm giving my first lot at Jans conference centre this coming wednesday (17th) I hate needles but needs must, sounds stupid but I'm quite looking forward to it

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Having been on the receiving end of eleven units of blood in the last eighteen months, I am eternally grateful to people like you. Many thanks.

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In Germany they used to pay donors, not sure if they still do or not, but they'd come onto camp with their mobile vampire units to get some "Tommy" blood. We weren't allowed to be paid so we got bikkys & a brew instead, plus the chance to skive off for half an hour. :)

Then when mad cow disease kicked off in the UK they wouldn't come anywhere near us after that unless we'd not been to the UK for a year. Brought a whole new meaning to the question "Have you got any English in you ?". ;)

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You might have some of mine inside you!!! What group are you?

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A positive, no antibodies.

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im providing transport at £5 a seat to anyone that wants to see flashy bleed :D

only kidding i hope it goes well for ya.I cant give blood because of my transfusion but without donors my operation would never have been able to happen so thanx to all those that still can and do.

im not sure what my blood group is i think its red :)

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No Mate, red is the colour, as to group "allegedly" you fall under human ! :D

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Easy on the allegedly there Dave:D or have you met accyman:rolleyes:

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At this point in time, that dubious honour has so far eluded me. :)

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It is rumoured that jaysays blood group is blue!

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jaysays so old when you prick his veins all you get is dust :D

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Ya but its blue dust:p:p:p

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And somebody once said I had blue eyeballs to match Gordon:D

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Watch what you're saying, he's no-but a lad compared to me.
Prick my veins and you'd have to shake me to get any dust out.

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so you two will remember the T-Rex scandal when T-Rex meat was found in mammoth burgers then :D

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Excellent meat, very tasty.
If you wanted to be sure it was fresh( no fridges!) you had to cut a steak off a live T-Rex, exciting but in those days men were men.

Never keen on mammoth burgers- all that hair got between my fangs.

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When I was 18 I went to the Ambulance Drill Hall at Bull Bridge to donate blood.

I stood in a long queue. As I neared the front, one of the nurses dropped a bottle of something. It smashed and two men in front of me passed out. If I hadn't been so near the front of the queue I might well have chickened out then.

Then there came the thumb needle prick, whereby the blood drop either sank or floated in some liquid in a small bottle, to decide whether or not you were anaemic or fit to donate. Mine sank half way and stayed there. The nurse was flustered at having to cope with the two men who fainted - she said I had 'passed'.

I laid on a trolley, gave blood, and had tea and biscuits afterwards.

I wasn't given any advice re 'do and don't' for the aftermath, and so that evening I went out for a drink with my husband. One gin and I had to rush out of the pub to be violently sick. I felt weak and weary for a week after.

I never went again - do you blame me?:rolleyes:

When I got a card through the post it showed that my blood was rare.

Maybe they have improved how they do it by now but they put me off for life.

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Little pricks don't bother me, I experience enough of them on here

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That is a most definitive "Ouch!". :D

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Glad you said on here Shaz;)