Donated Blood Yesterday
For those of you who have never given blood, it's an experience worth having. I strongly suggest donating what they call "Power Red."
What this means is they pull out your blood, and a sophisticated machine (with pumps and tubes and all kinds of nifty beeps) filters out your red blood cells for them to keep, and then gives you back your plasma and platelets along with a little saline. By giving you most of it back, and adding the saline they say that this option leaves you feeling a little less drained and dehydrated, and way less likely to have what they referred to as a "reaction," whatever that means.
It's the saline that moves me to suggest trying it. The saline is in a bag hanging on the side of the machine and as a result is approximately room temperature in a room that is about 75 degrees. Your average body temperature is around 98 degrees.
Do the math.
As it flows back into your system you can feel your body temperature noticeably dropping from the inside-out. Its a bizarre sensation that I don't think I will ever forget. It starts with the arm the needle is in, and slowly spreads everywhere. The sensation is worth the experience. On par with some of the cheaper weed I've ever had, really. Keep in mind, I'm talking real crap pot here, but still, it's kinda cool.
Besides that, when you're done you get all the juice boxes and cookies you can handle.
And then I went home and passed straight out for a good three hours...
...wow, it REALLY is a lot more like smoking pot than I realized. Huh.
COMMENTS
I've had tons upon tons of saline and never felt that. They must warm the saline up considerably for us actual sick people. Thanks for the blood. Getting red cells in a transfusion takes forever, but it feels pretty damn good.
No comments:
Post a Comment