Path: utzoo!utgpu!lsuc!hcr!larry
From: larry@hcr.UUCP (Larry Philps)
Newsgroups: tor.general
Subject: Re: Someone wants your blood
Message-ID: <3084@hcr.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 1-Feb-88 09:57:32 EST
Article-I.D.: hcr.3084
Posted: Mon Feb  1 09:57:32 1988
References: <1988Jan26.120535.2949@lsuc.uucp>
Reply-To: larry@hcr.UUCP (Larry Philps)
Distribution: tor
Organization: HCR Corporation, Toronto
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In article <1988Jan26.120535.2949@lsuc.uucp> dave@lsuc.UUCP writes:
>They call it "the gift of life".  Even though I'm very busy, and
>even though I can value the cost to me of taking an hour off from
>working for clients, I make time to give blood regularly.
>You should too.  The process takes under an hour, is completely
>safe, and almost painless.  (I've given 31 times.)
>
>No, I don't like having a needle in my arm either.  But if I
>or my family ever need a blood transfusion, I want to know that
>it'll be there for us.  And it won't if people don't give.

I totally agree!  When I was 17 I was involved in a very serious
accident and received 18 (Yes that is 18!) tranfusions over a period of
3 weeks.  Without that I would have been DEAD!  No question about it.
Since then I have, like Dave, taken 1 hour every 3 months to give
blood.  I have given 29 times so far and will be going again next
week.

It only hurts a little, it takes less than an hour, and it saves lives.

					Think about it.

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Larry Philps                             HCR Corporation
130 Bloor St. West, 10th floor           Toronto, Ontario.  M5S 1N5
(416) 922-1937                           {utzoo,utcsri,decvax,ihnp4}!hcr!larry