*grump*

[azurelunatic]

Still awake. Daren't go give plasma until after I sleep and wake up. Cancelled with Mina, as I haven't the foggiest how long I'll sleep after I do crash out, and I fear I'd be in horrible shape, and likely won't wake until after 9, which'll make the plasma question moot anyway.

Joanie no baka, you're not even used to caffiene; what made you think you could take on Brew?

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[wibbble]

Didn't you give blood already really recently?

[azurelunatic]

Plasma is not whole blood, and as such, can be given twice a week. My blood's drawn, separated with a centrifuge, and the red blood cells are given back.

It's in enough demand that donors are paid, which pleases me greatly: I help people, and I get paid for it.

[wibbble]

Ahh... interesting.

I always felt guilty about walking past a blood donation centre every day and never giving blood, but I'd freak out. And now I've moved cities /and/ they moved the blood donation centre, so no more guilt. ;o)

[azurelunatic]

I've given both whole blood and plasma, and of the two, I prefer giving plasma more. It's less comfortable, as you have to sit there longer with a needle jabbed in your arm (ow), but you get the vast majority of your oxygen-bearing red blood cells back, so there isn't the horrible weakness after, like after giving whole blood.

[wibbble]

*twitches*

Yeah. I really dislike needles. I don't think I'll be donating plasma any time soon...

[azurelunatic]

My roommate's phobic of them, so I can see how that would be a definite deterrant.

[wibbble]

One time I got smacked on the head with a can of beer, gashed my head open.

At the hospital I was going 'How serious, really, would it be if I got tetanus?'... in the end, I didn't get the shot.

[azurelunatic]

I'm the one who held the Little Fayoumis for his immunizations. Mommy was not only working, but would not have done well...

Needles don't bother me overmuch. However, if one of mine or I ever develops insulin-dependant diabetes, I'm going to be all for a pressure injector.

[wibbble]

*doesn't even want to think about if he got diabetes*

Beyond the needles, don't you have to /really/ watch what you eat, when you're diabetic?

[azurelunatic]

Yes.

I baby-sat two little diabetic girls and their older sister, and learned more about nutrition there than from anything in school.

[wibbble]

I suspect that my life as a diabetic would be a very short one.

[azurelunatic]

I can count carbs with the best of them, and have been teaching the Little Fayoumis how to read the labels on his snacks, and how to tell if something has so much sugar it should be dessert. Much over half of the carbohydrate content being sugar, it should be a dessert...

[wibbble]

*looks at the Irn Bru he's drinking*

Sugar is the second incredient listed, right after 'water'... I suspect that letting diabetic sniff this could prove fatal.

[azurelunatic]

Actually, the worst acute immediate problems are caused by a lack of sugar. When you've got all that insulin racing around in your bloodstream after an injection, and your blood sugar's too low, you can wind up in a coma. Death soon follows.

The cure for this is to get some sugar in the bloodstream but fast. There are glucose tablets, ditto in injectable form, and the smart diabetic always has some form of high-sugar candy on him/her.

Of course, too high blood sugar can cause unconsciousness too, and won't be cured by more sugar, but they can sort that out at the hospital, because sky-high blood sugar doesn't kill one immediately, while rock-bottom blood sugar can.

[wibbble]

Iiiinteresting.

*learns something new*

[elance.livejournal.com]

I should /so/ find somewhere and do that.

I'm /strange/ with blood, giving blood doesn't bother me in the least, but I can't stand blood in movies and such, where I can't do anything about it.

I'll have to see. That would be a good way to pick up a few extra dollars, and then I can make jokes about selling my body! *laugh*

[azurelunatic]

If they had someone giving blood in a movie, would that bother you? When someone gets a bloody nose in a movie? Or is is just the blood that's the "Hello, I'm seriously injured and/or about to die!" blood?