One Blood, Life South, or Red Cross Donor Experiences.

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Default Friday the 13th Attempted Platelets Donation.

I had a 12:15 PM, 10/13/2017 appointment and did not get seated until 1:25 PM or so and then the 1:45 PM sticking went bad so they stopped the process when I complained about pain the stuck arm.

Had been in such a rush to get out of the house and on time that I put on two different black shoes from different pairs.

Did talk to a very nice platelet donor while we were both waiting.

I will try again whenever the bruise and the computer as well as visitors from various places allow me to do so.

The movie I started to watch on Netflix looked quite interesting War Machine with Brad Pitt.

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Old 10-30-2017, 03:55 PM
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I'm a regular ALYX double red donor at both One Blood and Life South (different times obviously). Over the last 40 years, I've been a regular donor and I used to manage a local blood drive where I worked.

In The Villages over the last 10 years, I'd say
1) I don't much care for the One Blood Donor Center at Spanish Plaines. The folks there seem a bit "edgy" and the facility is not very comfortable, plus it's often crowded with long waits. The Life South center in Ocala does not have a double red machine so I don't visit there.

Thus I use the buses.
2) The One Blood bus is easier to find in the area and have better "rewards" such as they are (ie: movie tickets)
3) I like the Life South personnel somewhat better, the reward is a tshirt of which I have a hundred. I've had a better donor experience there overall but it's close.
So it's a coin toss.
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Default SeaBreeze Recreation Center Gourmet Pickleball Blood Drive.

Did this yesterday and it turned out it was for the good cause of the relief of the shooting victims of Parkland.

Villagers Help Victims Of Shooting Through Blood Donations - The Villages Daily Sun: In Today's Daily Sun
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Platelet donation today went well. Had not donated since around Halloween of 2017. For platelets I mean.

Juanita did an excellent job with the needles.

And I got to watch all of the movie Moana which has the rock singing as well as a very good 17 year old.
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