A call to civility.

Well it’s the first time I’ve ever tried it and I must say it is painful…. Whew never knew that a needle prick could cause so much pain!!!

Yeowww….

The preparation to the whole process although a bit slow I must say was effective enough to hide thr gory truth. The intention although good enough and healthy I am told, the pain unbearable. Well since its my first time trying a hand at all this who am I to be a judge of events.

I know that you may not have realised or rather comprehended the topic I am writing about, well it is blood donation. The actual process of blood donation although noble in words and action is no way near the suffering one goes through whilst doing it… hardly one to comment on it as the process I did was platelet donation. I am told blood donation is far more easier and less painful.

From the time the news actually came for the donation I really don’t know how I got into the whole affair. Whew reaching the hospital I did have second thought about going along with the whole scene or act. Well I think it is the attitude of never give in instilled I me from a very young age(the motto of a rival school) that made me stick around and also a sense of civic duty. The frustrating part of the whole day I think is the form filling part which I think in todays world is and absolute joke.

Come to think of it we are forever yapping about the fact that we need to take the next step towards an electronic world blah blah blah….. and here we are even today with all the technology at our fingertips, filling forms. The irony of the situation is that a preson is lying just a few floors above waiting for us to donate so that he can live.

We are done with al the formalities and a long wait later we are escorted to the test lab. One look at my report and a glance at thedoctors gleeful face I knew for certain that a scapegoat was indeed identified. I was again given a form to fill in something authorsing the blood bank the rights to poke me with needles and extract my life fluids. The machine itself looked like a spacecraft that has just landed.. out of this world design… in a word WEIRD.

Got myself stabbed with a needful, one that went really deep, deep enough to actually inflict pain, excruciating as it may be to the onlooker it is but and innocent prick. The hour and a half I had to lie down infact did teach me a few things….
a. Being aware that O+ve is a universal donor - actually is not
b. Platelet transfusion is one pain in the wrong place
c. People with my blood composition is pretty rare.

After the whole thing was over and the needle pulled off your arm,It really is a relief. This I must say is not an experience that I am looking forward to in a very long time…. Very long time!!

Bringing in a cheeky thought to it – the applauds to the action really take you to cloud nine but would have rather, it had not happened. Cheerio!!!