Australian Red Cross Lifeblood has issued a critical appeal for 16,000 donors this week as the organisation’s reserves hit their lowest level in just under a decade.
  • nevetsg@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    8 minutes ago

    I really want to donate again but the last time she managed to hit a nerve that ached for almost 2 years. The thought of donating again gives me a mini form of PTSD. It’s like I can still feel the needle inserted.

  • CrimeIsLegalNow@ani.socialEnglish
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    2 hours ago

    Boomers were the last generation that got the full PSA treatment on blood donation. More and more of them are dying or not healthy enough to continue donating, and quite frankly no one seems interested in getting young people to step up.

  • starelfsc2@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    4 hours ago

    I wish I didn’t have long covid or I would give blood very often. It’s legitimately the most direct and least expensive way to save people’s lives

  • _deleted_@aussie.zoneEnglish
    5·
    17 hours ago

    I would if I could (I have incurable blood cancer and not allowed to donate blood products or organs). I will always be so grateful to those people who choose to donate and help others. Your donation really can save lives.

    • Stigger32@aussie.zoneEnglish
      3·
      6 hours ago

      I tried twice last year. They knocked me back both times. Apparently being dehydrated caused my veins to be hard to see. Fucking annoying when I wasn’t dehydrated. Just fat.

      The pathologist managed to take blood for sampling. But the blood donor centre didn’t even bother trying.