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Originally Posted by CFrance
Tal, could you explain what you mean by "an uncomfortable 90 minutes"? Is it a pain issue, or just having to be immobile?
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There is only a slight amount of pain when the needles go into the veins in the arms. Also there seems to be a lot of scar tissue in frequent donors. I have only given about 6 gallons now over my life, but there does seem to be scarring now in the veins that they find easiest to get to.
It is mostly being immobile for that length of time. I am sure that the kind people there would scratch if you an itch. And they have blankets and the like too. I find that my hands get extremely cold to touch when doing platelets.
In 1985 or so, I started donating blood to impress a girl named Sandy, I worked with at Information Access Company in Belmont I had a crush on who was then dating a lawyer and now seem to have better intentions. Never did learn what happened to Sandy after I left for law school at the University of Minnesota Law School in 1986. I did run into Information Access Company employees at various law library conventions as they sold products around the country to many different kinds of libraries.
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