Do you donate blood?

[Nebulous]

They don't want my blood, they can't have it.

yeah.... fuck em'

 

[PGen98]

yeah.... fuck em'

Absolutely! They get enough of it, anyway with all of the blood tests.

 

[Kale]

Yeah apparently they don't want people like me: https://www.redcrossblood.org/donate-blood/how-to-donate/eligibility-requirements/lgbtq-donors.html

Besides that there's also medical reasons iirc.

 

[Dee]

No, but I'm not adverse to it. A while back, I was told I couldn't because of anemia.

 

[Nebulous]

No, but I'm not adverse to it. A while back, I was told I couldn't because of anemia.

Anemia sucks. I know a few people who have it. Do you always have to iron pills? Feel cold all the time?

 

[Dee]

Anemia sucks. I know a few people who have it. Do you always have to iron pills? Feel cold all the time?

I'm not anemic now, but my ferritin levels are low enough to call for iron infusions. I don't like taking the iron pills because they give me even worse constipation. No, I don't feel cold all the time, but a good chunk of the time.

 

[iorGian]

no, I have never donated blood and I prefer not to, unless it is of mega importance, something very serious. Then yes. But it would still have to be someone in the family or someone very close.

 

[Uncrowned]

I have in the past and for the little inconvenience it has upon me, I get to see the benefits of whole blood products in the field due to working in healthcare.

 

[Nebulous]

I'm not anemic now, but my ferritin levels are low enough to call for iron infusions. I don't like taking the iron pills because they give me even worse constipation. No, I don't feel cold all the time, but a good chunk of the time.

Thats good, sounds like you don't have it as bad as the other anemic people I know.

no, I have never donated blood and I prefer not to, unless it is of mega importance, something very serious. Then yes. But it would still have to be someone in the family or someone very close.

Hopefully if your family members need your blood, you will be a match!

I have in the past and for the little inconvenience it has upon me, I get to see the benefits of whole blood products in the field due to working in healthcare.

Are you a doctor?

 

[Uncrowned]

Are you a doctor?

Work in EMS

 

[Dee]

Thats good, sounds like you don't have it as bad as the other anemic people I know.

When I was hospitalized a few months ago, they did give me a couple iron infusions, so it was pretty bad haha

 

[Nebulous]

Work in EMS

Ah, that is a tough job! Thank you for what you do.

When I was hospitalized a few months ago, they did give me a couple iron infusions, so it was pretty bad haha

Oh, sorry to hear that

 

[Uncrowned]

Ah, that is a tough job! Thank you for what you do.

it has a lot of pros and cons, but overall I'm glad I got into the field. Granted my last day (after 10+ years is Sunday).

 

[PGen98]

it has a lot of pros and cons, but overall I'm glad I got into the field. Granted my last day (after 10+ years is Sunday).

Hopefully it's onto something else you enjoy, but 10+ years at a job you like is great!

 

[Nebulous]

it has a lot of pros and cons, but overall I'm glad I got into the field. Granted my last day (after 10+ years is Sunday).

Are you retiring from work in general or just moving on to another career path?

 

[Uncrowned]

Hopefully it's onto something else you enjoy, but 10+ years at a job you like is great!

Thanks!

Are you retiring from work in general or just moving on to another career path?

A different route. It just felt like the correct time for a change.

 

[Nebulous]

A different route. It just felt like the correct time for a change.

What made you want to leave being an EMS?

 

[Webster]

Yeah apparently they don't want people like me: https://www.redcrossblood.org/donate-blood/how-to-donate/eligibility-requirements/lgbtq-donors.html

Uggh; I'm old enough to still remember when those were first established.

 

[Uncrowned]

What made you want to leave being an EMS?

To very over-simplify the situation. All the local companies are being gathered up into massive corporate hospital systems and the whole "serve the community" is very much lost. So with the mission changed, I decided it was time to pursue a better-paying job.

 

[passenger]

All the local companies are being gathered up into massive corporate hospital systems and the whole "serve the community" is very much lost.

That has happened here.
"Corporate" everything. Most all of the independent health businesses have been scooped up into the "hive".