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Come with me to donate blood for the first time at Sheffield Blood Donor Centre
The Star, Sheffield
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22/02/2024
Reporter Kirsty Hamilton at The Star visited Sheffield Blood Donor Centre and donated her blood for the first time. One pint of blood can help save up to three lives.
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Come with me to donate my blood for the first time.
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So my appointment was just after 10am, had a nice speedy walk to Sheffield Blood Donor Centre
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which is near the cathedral in the city centre.
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Hello, I'm Kirsty at the Sheffield Star and today is the 22nd February and I am giving blood.
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So I thought this year I'm just going to try loads of new things and what better way to try something new
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than by potentially saving a life. So come with me as I donate my blood.
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You might be able to tell that I was a little bit nervous before I pulled open the door
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but there was really no reason to be nervous.
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As soon as I went in the staff were lovely and I was handed a packet of crisps.
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First packet just after 10am and some forms to fill out which included this which is just to check your eligibility
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and then some information about donor consent.
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I was also asked to drink some water because it helps speed up the donation process.
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I was then taken into a little side room. I had to have my finger pricked twice
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so that was just checking my iron levels. They put it into that solution which you can see
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and it floated which meant there wasn't enough iron.
01:20
Then they checked again, it was actually 140 which is good.
01:23
I didn't film the needle going in but this was me nervous and this was me after.
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It was absolutely fine, it really was just a sharp scratch and it was over instantly.
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That was the machine, I couldn't really stop looking at it.
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It kind of grossed me out but it was interesting.
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So yeah, I felt absolutely fine, had a nice chat, got to pose this fun little sign.
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Yeah, it was a nice excuse for a lie down during the work day.
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And here's me again being very brave.
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So here the donation had actually finished. It took 9 minutes and 51 seconds
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and it was only when the needle got taken out that I started to feel a bit woozy.
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Got a bit hot, a bit clammy.
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So yeah, when I mention this I did get tipped back in my chair.
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Not very flattering.
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And a cool pack was put under my head just to sort of cool me down a bit.
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So after spending some time upside down I was brought back up, given some water
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and of course another packet of crisps. I felt much better.
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So after that I was supervised by a lovely member of staff for another 10 minutes
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before I was sent over to the recovery area.
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So I had a nice chat with people here. There was one man on his 175th donation.
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That's very impressive.
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So I had some water, I was given a leaflet about if I might feel a bit faint later on
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and I even had my third packet of crisps of the day.
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So here's me after feeling very accomplished, back at the office
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and telling you to donate your blood.
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