r/wholesomememes 15d ago

Miracles happen.

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u/supermilch 15d ago

I've had it happen in Austria. They text you something like "your blood donation from Y date helped save someone at X hospital today"

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u/Skips-mamma-llama 15d ago

That's amazing, I've donated blood probably 6ish times, if I got these texts or emails I'd definitely be donating more often

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u/keddesh 15d ago

I'd donate more often if my experiences weren't consecutively getting more and more uncomfortable. :/

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u/gigawort 15d ago

How so?

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u/keddesh 15d ago

Bad phlebotomists doing painful draws

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u/whythelongface_ 14d ago

you can ask for a more experienced phlebotomist. If you are young and healthy they will often assign newer ones to draw your blood because it’s how they get good, instead of working on like, old wrinkly people.

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u/PlumbumDirigible 14d ago

The veins also tend to get more difficult to pierce, the older the person having blood drawn is

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u/whythelongface_ 2d ago

That’s why more experienced phlebotomists are a better option.