can i get paid if i donate my blood?  what are the side effects if i do, besides feeling good i helped someone
475722
I give blood all the time but I never have gotten paid for it. It isn't unheard of thugh. Otherwise, I've always had a good experience with it. You could pass out and depending on the person doing it you could get bruising around the area and there are always very small risks of infections. It's bad if you're anemic but they test for that before hand. If you d, be sure to eat first fruits/grains and sweets are good and they usually provide cookies. Also drink a lot of water or juice. The only things that have ever happened to me was being really tired for like an hour afterwards.
228978
Don't lie and give blood any ways.  \nIf you feel like doing something offer to help pour juice and pass out cookies to the people who just donated.\n\nIt says right on the pamplet were your gona give blood the feeling after you've given blood. " Symptoms "\nIt's been a while since I've given giveing blood doesn't realy do much to you realy.\nBut if they say you have to be a certian weight you should do what you say.\nI'm sure thare is a good reason.
783184
this may just be your body ..giving blood today is a serious thing and you are nice to want to give but I myself can't so the other problem is the new meds may be to strong for you it is hard to be rid of anemia I have had it all my life you can do everything right it is your body and you have to live with it kara
843229
no--it would not be safe either from you or the person you are donating to
242219
Get a job working for a charity organization (ex: Red Cross).  Of course the money comes from somewhere, but you get a salary for giving it away to those who need it!
832668
My answer is very simple.....\n\nWill the do-gooders in this country take a leaf out of decent people's book and go away politely.\n\nI am tried of criminals being paid compensation for things they were jailed for, whereas myself was stabbed by a drugged up prat who then stabbed with a syringe leaving on tender hooks for the next 10-12 weeks whilst tests are carried out..\n\nI can't get compensation, I can't get help to pay my medication, I couldn't even get a sick note of my doctor and now 4 weeks later, I am still suffering with the nightmares, sleeplessness and worry whether I have got HIV and Hep B.
1026274
I can only speak from my own experience.  The disease my son had required that he get transfusions as often as every day.  The blood he received was not on the list of charges we received (even though he was covered by insurance, the hospital he was at was not a part of our insurance and we got an itemized list of all charges).  Now, perhaps people ARE charged for the actual blood they receive, but there is a law that requires all people are given medical care regardless of their ability to pay.  They won't be left to suffer or die.  When my husband did not have insurance, he was still given excellent care, he just ended up with a large bill at the end of it all.\n\nAnother disclaimer...the blood he received was not from Red Cross, it was from a "local" blood bank.
602277
When you donate blood you can't do anything strenuous for 24 hours.  So if you had plans to go jogging or play basketball that would be out.  However, if you're just going to hang out with friends you'll have no problem.\n\nIt's not uncommon to feel a little lightheaded immediately after giving blood, but they'll typically make you sit around for 15-30 minutes afterward to make sure you're okay.\n\nWhen I give blood I sometimes get lightheaded.  I always have them raise my feet up while I'm giving blood and that makes the problem go away.\n\nGood going on being willing to donate.  More people should.
877997
Ask a doctor about that when you go to the hospital for losing all that blood.\n\nJust kidding I hope.\n\nReally though, it just depends on the health condition of the person and the physical makeup of the person and I don't know you so I can't tell you the effect it would have on you.
318195
I felt the same way about the needles, but I really wanted to give blood. This may shock you, but it does not hurt! I was like "That's it?!?". My advise is take a friend, and do not look at the Doctor from the moment they come in the room. Make sure they know you are afraid of needles beforehand.
361298
You don't get cash for donating blood... Its plasma you get cash for.
10654
I helped people in my area with odd jobs. I charge 10$hr weather I was doing yardwork or Addressing envelopes.1hr min.It is a great way to get involved.10$ isn't alot but it's under the table and you are doing a good deed.Some are elderly or in recovering and need help with simple things like lifting or bending.Great insight on the world around you to.
993801
Yes, but I haven't donated in years.  Last time I went in I was anemic, and then I was pregnant, and now with a 5 month old I haven't had time.  I love to donate blood, there is nothing better than knowing that with a little needle prick you could save someones life.
957545
i hope your talking about an intimate act with someone you wish to be VERY close with, and not the general public.  a little bit of blood is not harmful, unless the "donor" is ill.  small cuts in areas not seen by the general public is a good idea.  no need for others to know about such practices.
760784
I would find a sad and lonely person who was also very pessimistic and pay for an experience where they can help others in the hope that they will find that giving of yourself can be a great present to yourself as well as the person who is helped. \n\nI would take this stranger to a children's hospital ward with board games and other interactive fun games so that they can interact with the sick children and see how happy they are when they have new people spending time with them and taking their mind's off their illness.\n\nThe stranger will see that their life isn't so bad and every time they feel themselves getting sad or pessimistic they can remember how happy they made these sick children. With any luck, the stranger would continue to see the sick children.\n\nGood deeds are often contagious and when others find out about what you are doing it can encourage others to do the same. The more we get out there and help others, the better off we will all be.  It can even be something very small - for example, I was once driving over the Harbour Bridge and went to pay the toll and was told that the person in front had paid mine as well and wished me a happy day. I, of course, paid someone else's toll another day. This chain reaction of good deeds hopefully is still happening!
671506
Yes, I've had this happen once (I've donated over 5 gallons of blood in my lifetime).  It was pretty painful, but I finally found out that it was because I was very cold.  My veins had retreated further into my body, trying to keep warm.  \n\nThe nurse should stop after a few pokes, because they can give you big bruises or worse if they don't.  In general, I prefer giving blood vs. having blood taken for tests, becuase the nurses at the blood bank seem to be gentler.
7057
I think he meant in lieu of a free lunch by other means (and mostly likely a dig on your mutual employer for not offering said free lunch).  I could be wrong but the expression, I believe, originated from the fact that some blood centers offer donors a free lunch when donating.  Work bleeds you dry...ergo they should offer you a blood lunch.  That's how I would have read the comment anyway....