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Originally Posted by ASTalumna06
My boyfriend is O-negative, so he tries to donate as much as possible. He has blood banks calling him ALL THE TIME, though.
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Originally Posted by Sciencewoman
I am, too. I get emails, postcards, and phone messages before every drive.
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TELL ME ABOUT IT.
For about two years after my ill-fated attempt at blood donation, I got phone calls and letters all the time notifying me of upcoming blood drives and begging me to donate. My parents had to field a lot of these calls as I'd gone off to college (my one donation was at a drive held at my high school - the minimum age to donate blood in New York is 17, so all the seniors and some of the juniors were eligible, as were all the faculty and staff, unless they were ineligible for some other reason).
I feel kinda bad. Someday, I may need a blood transfusion, and O-neg is always in short supply, and I can't take any other blood type. At the same time, if I'm going to pass out when I give blood ... um, no thank you. Like I said, I'll donate for immediate family, but that's where I draw the line.
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