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cause i found no real purpose to it. I haven’t needed strength for anything I’ve done lately and I can’t care less about how I look to others.

But the last 3 times I tried to donate (2 times for platelets and 1 time for whole blood), my veins blew and weren’t as easy to find as before. So I guess I’ll be working out and eating healthy again.

It’s never too early to train for next years tough mudder, spartan race, and LA marathon, anyway. I’ll train until I’m ready for the end of the world, zombie apocalypse and/or the Hunger Games

first time giving platelets was today. Last time i tried, my iron was low as hell, but today it was at 13.0

My platelet count was 319 (they were on my nuts to donate) and they said it’s high enough to give 2 units or something. They seemed a little too excited.

But I sat there eating haagen daaz ice cream, peanut butter cookies and orange juice, while they popped in the movie Troy for me to watch and placed me in a comfy ass chair with a blanket and heatpacks.

How could you NOT donate blood/platelets?

I’ve donated blood 22 times already. Each time i’ve had no problem getting the blood from my arm or even having blood well enough to donate.

But on wednesday, i went to give my first platelet donation ever. Then outta nowhere, I find out my iron was low as hell! Even the lady who took it wanted to recheck through a different finger and, again, it was still too low. (You need at least 12.5)

How the hell am i low in iron?! In the previous 24 hours prior to that, I ate 8 pieces of spicy tuna and 3 hand rolls of salmon and albacore, 3 tacos & 2 chicken soft taco’s that same night (taco tuesday whaddup), glasses of orange juice in the morning and 4 blueberry waffles, then the last meal prior was 1 hour being a carne asada bake AND a polish sausage.

i know i’m a chunky beast, but…you tell me that had no iron in it.

btw. DONATE BLOOD. you got extra blood, give it to someone who needs it.

i think i can lose a couple more.

You get a t-shirt and 2 tickets to either a Dodgers game or Angels game

Only if you donate blood Saturday, June 19, 2010 between 9:00am - 3:00pm in these places

Fullerton
Crowne Plaza Hotel
500 S Raymond Ave
Fullerton, CA 92831

Glendale
Glendale Civic Center
1401 N Verdugo
Glendale, CA 91208

Laguna Hills
American Red Cross Donor Center
22971 Mill Creek Dr
Laguna Hills, CA 92653

Los Angeles
LAPD - Training Academy
1880 N Academy Dr
Los Angeles, CA 90012

Long Beach
American Red Cross
Greater Long Beach Chapter
3150 E 29th St
Long Beach, CA 90806

Pasadena
American Red Cross Donor Center
133 N Altadena Dr
Pasadena, CA 91107

Pomona
American Red Cross Donor Center
100 Red Cross Circle
Pomona, CA 91768