a great feeling

after s0o long i finally went to go donate some blood today! after like 2 yrs at least.. wow that's long man... i'm a horrible procastinator!

but den again.. i tried giving in ngee ann the other time but they just said their needle was too big for my vein!! haha 2 yrs n loads of hand exercises later i went again.. let me bring u through my 'refreshing' experience...

i was supposed to have training at 3.30.. i reached red cross house at 3.oo... i figured that it will be over very fast n i can just hop into the bus n be on my way... after all.. that's wad my dad said n he gives alot of times...

so there i was.. went in n looked kuku for a few seconds and den went to fill in their form thingy.. den registered.. n went to the iron test station.. she checked my blood pressure and pricked my finger.. wiped a bit of the blood n den tried squeezing it a little to get it into a straw.. n voila! too much blood came out.. it dripped all over my finger.. so there she went cleaning it up before plopping it all into copper sulphate solution..

after all that was done.. i went to the bed/chair thingy n sat there.. the person checked my BP again.. den finally said that my dearest vein was visible this time round.. so they injected the numbing thing first... den rubbed ALOT of alcohol on the place... den they got the bag n stuff ready n told me they were gonna put the needle in.. well they did.. n then connected the tube to the bag for the blood to flow... then the problem came..

there was no blood flowing.... hahahah... so another staff nurse came n tried checking n poking ard.. they all agreed that the needle was in my vein but din noe why there was no blood at all.. so they squeezed my arm n tried moving the needle ard in my arm somemore.. after bout 5 mins or so there was a little bit coming out.. den it stopped.. so they went on poking n twisting n doing stuff for the next 15 mins to get my blood out.. they were gonna give up n as a last try told me that they were gonna push it in somemore.. so in went the other haf of the needle! Tadah!! it started coming out... hahaha... majority of the staff were there to see if it was ok... i was called the precious donor of the day.. n every few mins someone came over and saw the bag.. this was in addition to the 2 people who were already standing next to me the whole time.. one was a doc n the other was a nurse.. they started toking bout how scary it was n there i was laughing.. hahaha..


now i had squeezed the ball all the time to get the blood pumping properly n it was getting tiring.. so the dumby me moved my hand alittle to adjust myself.. another problem started..

the needle had moved n there was this sudden pain in my arm for a while.. then i realised why.. the gauze on top of the needle was starting to turn red... hahahaha... so the worried staff rushed over.. by now my bag was already 98% filled to the brim.. so they were checking whether to continue or just stop... i started seeing a few stars so i just told them.. the next thing i knew they took everything out n inverted my chair to make my legs go up! so embarrassing.. so the whole room gathered again n started asking me if i was alright n brought me blankets and plasters for my wound n everything.. i felt like a princess but just that i was upside down.. i was ok in a couple of mins but they insisted i stay there longer..so another 10 mins was gone in lying upside down.. den they let me sit up.. but din let me off till another 10 mins! dotted... so long just to rest... they were very kind and brought me water n milo n biscuits... we were supposedto go out of the room to eat it but these were more of served personally to me... which means i cant escape eating them..

finally when i got to go... it started to pour... i got drenched by the time i got to crescent.. changed to a short sleeve shirt n realised my hand was bleeding a little.. den after a while i realised that it was bleeding too much.. hahha it looked like some gun shot wound.. n everyone who saw it started asking what it was.. cadets were the funniest.. 'Maam! ur hand is bleeding! Maam! ur hand looks like the japan flag!!' hahaha reallly amusing..



when i read through what i have just written it seems kinda painful but in truth it really isn't.. well except for the part after the needle moved n the blood started oozing out.. but the concern of all the pple there more than made up for it... cant wait to go again in april..


i actually tink i feel much better after today.. not mentally but more of physically.. somehow i feel fitter n more energetic.. it might be psychological... den again.. maybe its just me thinking too much.. hahaha


okie dats a long post.. tataaa!