I hope we do! Can't donate money anywhere right now, so I'd like to at least participate in this. (Going to donate anyway, but it'd be nice to have the communal aspect here)
First donation back in Finland. Was all good (as always) and my iron was super this time! ^^ I can donate once more this year, in the beginning of Dec.
Yeah, we had that system in Finland too.
I'm going to try to donate on Monday - there will be the Red Cross blood donating van right across the street. Now to eat lots of stuff with iron... :lol
About being anemic and donating blood: I don't have any scientific proof for this, but my own experience (and several of my friends have had the same) is that if you manage to get the hemoglobin up so that you get to donate regularly it'll improve. Granted, I'm not actually anemic, since my...
Yay, great idea!
I'll try to get the routine going again, too. :) (I've got super low hemoglobin so I need to dope myself for a month before trying to donate, but if they let me in once it always improves. :lol)