Got Touched Today

[silka]

No smutty answers. Lol. Felt strange after 6 months. I was at blood donors. I've given 120 donations in all.

[Zacs-Master]

An armfull?

[Bazile]

You gave 120 donations today ?
No wonder you felt strange

[silka]

Haha very funny :)

[Canary42]

Well done silka.

I've given over 100 but they lost my records once when I moved so they can't confirm it.

I'm now too old to carry on donating, but I would encourage all eligible people to think about doing it.

[silka]

Thanks I've been donating since I was 17 many moons ago.

[Cloverjo]

I always donate when I can. Last time, my iron level was too low. Other times I just looked plain ill and they sent me home.

Well done, silka.

I’ve always said if you want to take it (blood/organs/whatever) you should attempt to give it too.

[anneasquith]

I’m sure you have helped save some lives. Well done.

[silka]

Thanks clover and Anna x

[eve1974]

Silk THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart for so many donations. People like YOU saved my husbands life. Many times!

Blood cancer patients need transfusing. A LOT. They also may need a stemcell Or bone marrow transplant .

Donating stem cells is A similar Process to (but not the same as) Donating blood. But they take blood out of one arm, filter out the stem cells n then put the blood back into your other arm.

It is different register to that of organ donation or blood donation and I BEG you all to join. People can reG up to age 51.

For many with blood cancer a stemcell transplant is there ONLY hope. Chemo alone won’t work. Only 30% find a match in their own family, others - like my husband - have to find one on the WORLD WIDE data base. For my husband if he relapses He has ONE (yup one!) match in entire world (an anonymous person in Germany). Others are luckier n have a few matches but others still not so lucky and have no matches.

It’s free to reg and they post you a cheek swab kit, then you go on standby to save a life:

https://www.dkms.org.uk/en

[Cloverjo]

I hope lots of people read this and sign up via eve’s link.

[TonyV]

Well done, Silka my father used to donate regululary, but I can't abide needles.

[silka]

That would be good cover. Tony needles don't bother me. We should do a post on it clover.