Path: utzoo!utgpu!lsuc!spectrix!yunexus!geac!gerry From: gerry@geac.UUCP (Gerry Singleton) Newsgroups: tor.general Subject: Re: Someone wants your blood Message-ID: <2195@geac.UUCP> Date: 2 Feb 88 05:17:34 GMT References: <1988Jan26.120535.2949@lsuc.uucp> <3084@hcr.UUCP> Reply-To: gerry@geac.UUCP (Gerry Singleton) Distribution: tor Organization: The little blue rock next to that twinkly star. Lines: 52 Posted: Tue Feb 2 00:17:34 1988 In article <3084@hcr.UUCP> larry@hcr.UUCP (Larry Philps) writes: | 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. | | --- | Larry Philps HCR Corporation | 130 Bloor St. West, 10th floor Toronto, Ontario. M5S 1N5 | (416) 922-1937 {utzoo,utcsri,decvax,ihnp4}!hcr!larry Gosh guys you've hit a nerve. I used to give regularly but now I'm on medication that's on the Red Cross' verboten list and they won't let me. What can I, and others in the same boat, do to further the cause? Especially to fit the contribution into a busy work schedule. So far all I've discovered is performing attendant duties at a clinic, you know giving juice, escorting donars to the sitting area, et cetera. Neat but they need you for more than an hour. I've also discovered money. The Red Cross uses this to keep the clinics open and other things. This is my current method of assistance. I look upon it as getting blood from a stone. Sorta the same thing, eh? Like Larry, I've personal experience with large blood transfusions. One of my children needed lots during surgery (non-elective). Thank God the blood was there when needed. -- G. Roderick Singleton | "ALL animals are created equal, , | BUT some animals are MORE or , | equal than others.", warning or | from"Animal Farm" by George Orwell