Ron Foreman » Blood Donor http://ronforeman.com "The nick of time" Sat, 14 Jan 2012 18:33:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Blood Donor http://ronforeman.com/2005/04/15/blood-donor/ http://ronforeman.com/2005/04/15/blood-donor/#comments Fri, 15 Apr 2005 14:29:37 +0000 Ron Foreman http://ronforeman.com/?p=632

I have donated blood for several decades. Recently I have been donating every 56 days which is the minimum delay between donations. I am a universal donor, O negative. It takes only 60 minutes and I suffer no after effects; it seems a simple way to help others. The nurses at Canadian Blood Services tell me that my O negative blood goes directly to the Sick Kids Hospital.

April 2006 – I have been told to wait until after my brachytherapy treatment for prostate cancer before I give again.

April 2007 – I have been told that I can’t donate again now that I have had cancer. The nurse was very sympathetic and told me she wasn’t able to give for the same reason.

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