injections!

I waited to be 18 to give blood since I was 14, but when I reached that age, I had so many things to do and I partially lost the will and in the end I have never donated blood.

meam wrote:

we dont get the BCG any more. it was discontinued this year so we are the first year in my school not to get it. i heard it hurt really bad. i think it was because it was a bigger needle. im so glad i dont get it!

but there have been several TB outbreaks in the last few years, why would they stop it? 

meam wrote:

i am going to donate blood when im 18. i dot see why people wouldnt do it (no ofence meant to thoise who dont)
why should we keep blood we dont need when others who desperatly need it dont have enough

The blood people came to my uni once and I went along to donate but when I was in the queue I started feeling faint and threw up on the floor, so I didn't donate in the end. I was so annoyed with myself. I haven't gone again because they never came back to uni and their usual place is inconvenient for me to get to. But I just moved house, so I'll find out where they do it in this area. I really would like to donate, since I can.

Injections dont bother me, im use to them ever since i had spinal fluid taken when i was 9

meam wrote:

i am going to donate blood when im 18. i dot see why people wouldnt do it (no ofence meant to thoise who dont)
why should we keep blood we dont need when others who desperatly need it dont have enough

i cant donate blood because i have epilepsy and the medicine i take build up in the blood over time so no others can tolerate my blood. thats one reason. some others cant eg diabetics or some with blood diseases.

I don't mind them, I have multiple sclerosis so have to give myself injections once a week, with a big ole needle. I also love to watch when they test my blood, as they search for a vein.

well i dont mind injections..... but i prefer not to get too close to them often

Coriander wrote:

If you are asking me... Then yes the big needle hurts like a 'mother father' but you get used to it, just jab it in super fast, it has to go into the muscle. I used a different drug with a small needle like for insulin (just into the fat), but I couldn't tolerate the side effects of the drug, and it was 3 times a week.

i heard it really hurts into the muscle. or if you tense the muscle it really hurts/ one of the boys in my class was telling everyone that if you tense it didnt hurt but only a few people beleived him.

meam wrote:

i am going to donate blood when im 18. i dot see why people wouldnt do it (no ofence meant to thoise who dont)
why should we keep blood we dont need when others who desperatly need it dont have enough

Vomiting is why I don't  there are weight restrictions as to whom can give blood in the US if you are under 110 pounds you can not give blood,  and if you are close to that you can get very ill.  I was only able to give 1/2 a pint before they had to unhook me- I then proceeded to get sick and vomit.

Shots do not bother me at all, as long as I can see them. That means I AIN'T TAKIN NO BUTT SHOTS!! I think I was around 12 and the doctor asked my mom if I had a problem with needles....she told him not at all. The he told me to bend over. He had a better chance of a snowball lasting in heck. He tried for about a half an hour to get me to bend over. My mother finally told him to give up, it wasn't happening.

Chantilly33 wrote:

Shots do not bother me at all, as long as I can see them. That means I AIN'T TAKIN NO BUTT SHOTS!! I think I was around 12 and the doctor asked my mom if I had a problem with needles....she told him not at all. The he told me to bend over. He had a better chance of a snowball lasting in heck. He tried for about a half an hour to get me to bend over. My mother finally told him to give up, it wasn't happening.

ive only had one but shot and i was about 4. i would never get one now!

Injection may hurt more or less depeding on many factors, like the ability and tenderness of person making injections, and on medicine which is injected. There are also some others.
But when taking out blood it all depends on person who do it, I tell you!