Mmmmmm, red blood cells. That's the good stuff.

Laura speaks for me. And I have reason to believe he for whose homage this thread was created Lo, these many years ago would concur. Should I have used Pooh case? And speaking of Pooh case, there's a noun phrase which should never, ever be verbed. Y'all don't know how close I came to doing that. You're welcome.

How did you get out of bed at 5?

Complete denial. I kept going to work but noticed it was getting harder to walk or raise my arms, I thought I had the flu or at worst a heart problem.

The emergency room doctor seem really pissed with me.

It's all about the blood, children.

More blood please.

Ugh, Ginger, I am totally phobic of needles and have thus never given blood, but now I am thinking of doing so in honor of you. I haven't had ink done in 3 years, so I should be good, right?

Speaking of medical stuff, I have 1st mammo on Thursday, and a blood draw to test my cholesterol, etc. on Friday. Good thing the draw is at 4 pm; I can easily fast that long.

I am a faint-at-the-sight-of-blood person, but now that I've been on the receiving end of 2 transfusions, I asked my doctor how soon before I could give blood. he said a year. Gives me time to work up the nerve.

Can you give blood if you take a tranq?

I just donated last month and can’t donate again until after my half marathon in a couple of weeks, but I will be going in again in November.

I made the mistake of trying to run the day after I donated blood last time. That was a Very Bad Idea.

My worst was going down to a 4. My hemotologist wasn't sure how I accomplished anything. Can't donate anymore because I'm not allowed to give away any red blood cells and I don't have "straight enough" veins to donate plasma.

I can't donate blood, I lived in the UK too long. I might have Mad Cow lurking in my system.

Before I got cancer, I donated six gallons of blood, plus I did platelet donation. I'm still on the plus side.

Give blood! It's the cheapest charity there is, and there are cookies.