'Safe'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
The second machine felt strongly that I was bleeding too slowly and should be doing it better, so every few minutes it would beep angrily and one of the nurse techs had to come over and slightly reposition the needle, which hurt like hell.
Oh, I've had that happen, it sucks. Go you persevering and actually getting the donation made! I think at least once I got booted for bleeding too slow (although I think I still got a cookie)
Take an aspirin ahead of time. Thins the blood, but doesn’t affect the donation quality.
I try to overhydrate as much as possible which seems to help, as long as I remember to start the day before donating. Can't take aspirin, otherwise that sounds like a great tip
I’m heading out to the bookstore in a bit with a potential new friend. Trying to remember why anyone would actually want to be my friend.
Well, we think you’re awesome, sj
I am pretty sure I’m losing my job next week
So that’s great
The second machine felt strongly that I was bleeding too slowly and should be doing it better, so every few minutes it would beep angrily and one of the nurse techs had to come over and slightly reposition the needle, which hurt like hell.
That sounds awful. GIving blood is such a gift but weeping jesu it can be painful.
I 'donated' to LabCorp yesterday and the phlebotomist was great. I told him to poke my arms as long as he needed to find my vein and then he swapped to a butterfly needle. I barely have a bruise at all.
Barkley sounds adorable!
He really is.
I was really devastated when we lost Shelby so suddenly. It also triggered my mourning all of the losses for the last 13 years. So it had been a long and weepy year and a half. I'd look at other adoptable dogs, even white Shepherds and all I could feel was sad. I was truly leaning towards a much older cat from a shelter.
I'm glad I took a chance when I saw his rehoming post. I haven't had a new cat in 25 years. It's wild. Next up, harness training.
sj, you are awesome and a good friend. Go have fun!
That sucks, lisah.
I truly am glad I don't work for DoD any longer. Miss the dogs, little else.
sj, you are a delight and excellent friend material!
I'm sorry lisah.
I feel like a self-centered twit for being worried that tariffs are going to drive my employer out of business but I can't seem to stop (we import from China and export to Mexico and Canada (and Colombia although that doesn't seem like as big a problem for the moment))