Donated all my organs 
as part of my driving licence (you get the option here in the UK to do it with the licence)
as part of my driving licence (you get the option here in the UK to do it with the licence)
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MacRumors 2014 Blood Drive!
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Donated all my organs
Hopefully they will wait until you are finished using them....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aclS1pGHp8o
Platelet plasma donor
I donated two units of platelets on Friday, May 9th.
It was too soon since my last donation to give plasma also. I've donated 6 units of platelets and 4 units plasma so far this year, been doing this for over 25 years.
In the past, I've made up to 11 donation in one year...and I have the scars to prove it!
The hospitals where I live perform a lot of organ transplantation and those people often require of blood products; liver, kidney, pancreas, heart, lung.
I also got one of my friends to go in and donate RBC again!
I donated two units of platelets on Friday, May 9th.
It was too soon since my last donation to give plasma also. I've donated 6 units of platelets and 4 units plasma so far this year, been doing this for over 25 years.
In the past, I've made up to 11 donation in one year...and I have the scars to prove it!
The hospitals where I live perform a lot of organ transplantation and those people often require of blood products; liver, kidney, pancreas, heart, lung.
I also got one of my friends to go in and donate RBC again!
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Thanks. Although I'd really like to see 64 different people donate once!Impressive amount of donations
Congrats.
Six donors this year were on last year's Honor Roll as well: 7thson, Doctor Q, ironpw, rcappo, stridemat, and Timelordprime.
AlecEdworthy and cjmillsnun were on the Honor Roll in 2010.
Uffish Thought was on the Honor Roll in 2011.
j-beda and T-Will were on the Honor Roll in 2012.
It's nice to see the regulars back, as well as the donors who are new to this blood drive.
AlecEdworthy and cjmillsnun were on the Honor Roll in 2010.
Uffish Thought was on the Honor Roll in 2011.
j-beda and T-Will were on the Honor Roll in 2012.
It's nice to see the regulars back, as well as the donors who are new to this blood drive.
MacRumors 2014 Blood Drive
After much trial and tribulation, I was able to enter a post on this thread. (literally hours waisted in frustration)
I gave 1 pint (number 36 since '72) Thursday May 22nd.
Tricia the phlebotomist for the first time successfully found a new vein in my left arm in the center. I have been using the most obvious one on the outside edge. Many times although this edge one pops up, it also rolls making for frequent bad pokes. Hopefully this new vein will work better.
After much trial and tribulation, I was able to enter a post on this thread. (literally hours waisted in frustration)
I gave 1 pint (number 36 since '72) Thursday May 22nd.
Tricia the phlebotomist for the first time successfully found a new vein in my left arm in the center. I have been using the most obvious one on the outside edge. Many times although this edge one pops up, it also rolls making for frequent bad pokes. Hopefully this new vein will work better.
Donation 253, Platelets 2 Units
On 22 May 2014, donated two more units of Platelets at Canadian Blood Services in Toronto. That was donation 253. I'm done for this month. Glad to have supported your blood drive in this minor way.
On 22 May 2014, donated two more units of Platelets at Canadian Blood Services in Toronto. That was donation 253. I'm done for this month. Glad to have supported your blood drive in this minor way.
Donated a triple unit of platelets tonight. Thanks MR for sponsoring this. Looking forward to doing it again next year.
Wow! You amaze me. And so do others who donate multiple units of platelets so frequently, such as Timelordprime and 7thson. Congratulations!
Final Tally
The MacRumors 2014 Blood Drive has ended but we hope you'll continue to donate blood and platelets, spread the word about how important it is, and sign up for the organ donor registry and bone marrow registry if you haven't already done so.
Day-by-day results of the blood drive are posted in this year's Honor Roll.
Final tally:
Thanks and congratulations to our Honor Roll members:
Special mention to stridemat and G4-power for participating in all 5 MacRumors Blood Drives, ironpw for the most overall donations (7 donations totaling 15 units over our last 3 blood drives), Timelordprime for 6 donations totaling 12 units over our last 3 blood drives (and over 250 total donations to date), 7thson for 5 donations totaling 13 units over our last 2 blood drives), and phroggie for the amazing total of 9 units in this year's blood drive.
Cumulative
In 5 years the MacRumors Blood Drives have recorded donations of 257 units of blood and platelets and plasma (155 blood + 99 platelets + 3 plasma) in 189 donations by 128 distinct donors. 30 of them donated more than once. We have recorded 4 new signups for the organ donor registry and 2 new signups for the bone marrow registry and heard from many forum members whose lives were saved by blood, platelet, or bone marrow donations.
Thanks everyone! Keep donating, and plan ahead for next year's MacRumors Blood Drive!
The MacRumors 2014 Blood Drive has ended but we hope you'll continue to donate blood and platelets, spread the word about how important it is, and sign up for the organ donor registry and bone marrow registry if you haven't already done so.
Day-by-day results of the blood drive are posted in this year's Honor Roll.
Final tally:
Blood: 19 donors, 19 donations, 19 units
Platelets: 6 donors, 8 donations, 24 units
Totals: 25 donors, 29 donations, 43 units
3 organ donor signups
Platelets: 6 donors, 8 donations, 24 units
Totals: 25 donors, 29 donations, 43 units
3 organ donor signups
Thanks and congratulations to our Honor Roll members:
7thson, AlecEdworthy, bighype (first time donor!), cjmillsnun, Doctor Q, eggplantpasta, G4-power, hallux, ironpw, iThinkDiff, j-beda, jbachandouris, justinthesommer, phroggie, rcappo, rjjkp, Rwennberg, spazzcat, stridemat, stubeeef, T-Wil, tahoeroscoe, Timelordprime, Uffish Thought, Uffish Thought's friend
and to all other blood, platelet, and plasma donors!Special mention to stridemat and G4-power for participating in all 5 MacRumors Blood Drives, ironpw for the most overall donations (7 donations totaling 15 units over our last 3 blood drives), Timelordprime for 6 donations totaling 12 units over our last 3 blood drives (and over 250 total donations to date), 7thson for 5 donations totaling 13 units over our last 2 blood drives), and phroggie for the amazing total of 9 units in this year's blood drive.
Cumulative
In 5 years the MacRumors Blood Drives have recorded donations of 257 units of blood and platelets and plasma (155 blood + 99 platelets + 3 plasma) in 189 donations by 128 distinct donors. 30 of them donated more than once. We have recorded 4 new signups for the organ donor registry and 2 new signups for the bone marrow registry and heard from many forum members whose lives were saved by blood, platelet, or bone marrow donations.
Thanks everyone! Keep donating, and plan ahead for next year's MacRumors Blood Drive!
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Oops, missed the deadline by three days! Unfortunately the Finnish Red Cross Blood Service shut down a few of the smaller blood services (because of rising costs and lessened need of blood), including the one in my old home town, so I had difficulties timing my donation with having a flu and the schedule of the mobile blood service... Anyway, better late than never, I managed to donate 450 ml of whole blood today.
Btw, congrats to stridemat for participating 5 times in a row, I didn't quite make it!
Btw, congrats to stridemat for participating 5 times in a row, I didn't quite make it!
We added your donation to the Honor Roll in the May 31 or After section. You, stridemat, and I have participated in each of the five MacRumors Blood Drives. spillproof has participated in four, and a number of forum member in three.
I round of applause to MR users for donating & MR for organizing it, for the 5th consecutive year!