[GypsyGoth]

You could do it anonymously, and you'd have some side effects like these

Bone pain
Headache
Muscle pain
Fatigue
Insomnia
Nausea and flu-like symptoms
Sweating
Loss of appetite
Tingling

Also if you're small like me you may run the risk of these

Air trapped between your lungs and your chest wall (pneumothorax)
Bleeding
Infection


One further thing, for the person to need bone marrow, they'd have something like leukemia, kinda cancer of the blood.

[Lee.]

Do you not have to lie next to whoever you're donating to? I thought it was transplanted directly from one body to another?

Anyway.. I might do. It's something I looked into years ago, but the pain involved sort of put me off.

[Kizzy]

Yes I would...seriously.

[MTVN]

Course I bloody wouldn't

[King Gizzard]

Yeah, there's relatively low risk to your own body, people seem to think you could die/be gravely ill from doing it, which is false

I'd need to know who I was doing it for though, and that's the thing with it, you don't get to know who you donated to for years, if ever

[GypsyGoth]

Originally Posted by Lee.

Do you not have to lie next to whoever you're donating to? I thought it was transplanted directly from one body to another?

No you wouldn't have to be next to them, you'd have 2 sessions that'd last about 3 hours and they'd be on different days. Then what's harvested from you would be given to the person at a different time.

[InOne]

I'm here to save you if you need it Claudia

[GypsyGoth]

Originally Posted by InOne

I'm here to save you if you need it Claudia

[daniel-lewis-1985]

I would do it if I saw someone or was asked by someone who desperately needed it in a heartbeat but the pain involved is supposed to be very unpleasant.

Just couldn't say no to someone so critically ill.

[GypsyGoth]

Originally Posted by MTVN

Course I bloody wouldn't

It would only cost you time really, and as Nate mentioned, it wouldn't really hurt or leave any lasting impact, yet it would mean the world to the preson receiving it.

[MTVN]

Originally Posted by GypsyGoth

It would only cost you time really, and as Nate mentioned, it wouldn't really hurt or leave any lasting impact, yet it would mean the world to the preson receiving it.

I'm not putting myself through potential headaches and waste 3 hours of my time to save the life of the likes of Josy

[joeysteele]

I really doubt if it was certain that I could help that I would turn away from doing so.

[MTVN]

In all seriousness though it's not really anything I know much about, I guess I might do it if it was really required of me though not sure how that situation would come about

[Glenn.]

Yes. Even for someone I despised.

[Lee.]

The procedure must have changed.. When I last thought about it, you were awake during the whole procedure and it was taken straight from your body into the transplant patient's. It was also meant to be excruciatingly painful. I've just read up on how it works now.. I'm going to consider this again

[Marcus.]

yes i would

[Kate!]

Yeah I'd do it.

[x-evenstar-x]

I'd donate it to anyone that needed it, I've singed up and stuff to do it but it's young men they need the most! So I don't know if the opportunity will ever come but I'd love to help someone like that, I'd donated a kidney of someone needs it too!

[Marc]

I'm a donor. Well I signed up last time I gave blood so who knows; I may be donating to one of you!

[Marc]

I would highly recommend that anybody who can, gives blood. You don't have to look and it's not painful at all. It doesn't take long and I think it's a real shame that a lot of people just don't do it when it's only a short time out of your day and it can help save a persons life.

[/rant]

[x-evenstar-x]

Originally Posted by Marc

I would highly recommend that anybody who can, gives blood. You don't have to look and it's not painful at all. It doesn't take long and I think it's a real shame that a lot of people just don't do it when it's only a short time out of your day and it can help save a persons life.

[/rant]

I agree!! It's such a tiny percentage of people that give blood, it's so sad. I enjoy it and I think that one day a time may come I need blood so I'd never say no.

[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by Marc

I would highly recommend that anybody who can, gives blood. You don't have to look and it's not painful at all. It doesn't take long and I think it's a real shame that a lot of people just don't do it when it's only a short time out of your day and it can help save a persons life.

[/rant]

It is the most relaxing time I have when I give blood, I agree.
It doesn't bother me a bit.

[Kizzy]

This puts me off donating blood..

An inquiry is being launched to check the safety of donor blood amid fears of infection from the human form of "mad cow disease".

The Commons Science and Technology Committee called for the inquiry after studies revealed one in every 2,000 Britons could be carrying variant CJD.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-25182760

[Marc]

I think everybody should also be an automatic organ donor and should have to opt out if they want to.

[Kyle]

I would probably give blood but I would have a vasovagal response to it. It would cause me far too much discomfort.