dragonoflife | (no subject)

I gave blood on Friday, something I try to do at least semi-regularly. Normally I have no problems with it -- I go in, bleed into a bag for a while, and all is well.

Not this time!
I don't know exactly what happened to cause it. I may not have eaten as much as I normally do before I go in, and I do know my blood pressure was low (for me) when they took it prior to the actual procedure. Whatever the reason, during the final part of donation, I suddenly became extremely light-headed. I mean, extremely, to the point where I nearly passed out. There was also a pretty strong nausea there for a bit. Whatever it was, it must have looked worse than it felt -- it wasn't fun, mind, but I can compare it to standing up too fast and carsickness wrapped into one -- because I freaked out a couple of nurses there. Evidently I looked very pale.

Let's hope THAT doesn't happen again...